WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following press release:
Sen. Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement after voting against the federal funding bill.
I could not, in good conscience, vote for the federal funding deal that the Senate passed today.
The overwhelming majority of the American people are justifiably outraged by ICE murdering United States citizens in cold blood, terrorizing communities throughout the country and rounding up little kids and throwing them in detention centers. That is not what happens in a democracy. That is what takes place in authoritarian regimes.
I promised the people of Vermont that I would not support another penny for ICE unless there were fundamental reforms to how tha...