Nicole Malliotakis

disrupting and that could be avoided if there was just some more cooperation with these sanctuary cities.

So I think there's, look, I think there's gonna be some type of compromise, there needs to be, because you need those 60 votes in the Senate and it's gonna have to be a little bit of a give and take.

And I think that there's some common ground, maybe not necessarily with the enforcement,

some stuff with the enforcement, but I would say, what about just regular immigration policy?

I've been pushing the administration to approve the backlog of renewals for work authorization.

This is a big issue, not just in my district, across the country.

Employers who rely on these people

For employees, they're filling an economic need.

They're contributing to our society.

They don't have any work, criminal history.

They're paying taxes.

They're losing their status because of the lag and the time that it's taking to approve these work authorization renewals.

They lose their job as a result.

And the employer loses a good worker.

So if we can just make some progress in some of that stuff, it shows compassion from the administration, it helps our economy, and it helps these people who are here trying to find a better life.

So there won't be a shutdown.

It's just the Homeland Security Funding.

Yeah, look, I hope not.

I mean, I hope the Democrats recognize here that when they mess with the Department of Homeland Security, it's not just ICE.

In fact, ICE has the resources from... Well, that's kind of the irony.