Rashida Tlaib, ABC's Martha Raddatz clash over border funding bill

Martha Raddatz and Rashida Tlaib
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) got into what some might call a heated exchange with ABC's Martha Raddatz during an appearance on Sunday's edition of This Week.

Raddatz pressed Tlaib on her decision to vote against a $4.6 billion emergency funding bill that would provide aid at the southern border. Raddatz pointed out that acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan has been "sounding the alarm for months" for resources to help the migrants at the border. Even if the package wasn't perfect, Raddatz asked, isn't the opposition to aid making the crisis worse? Tlaib was ready with a response, however, arguing that Customs and Border Protection agents have said that money won't fix the "broken" system.

She also said that in the 1980s more people were coming across the border than are today, but during that time period, asylum seekers were allowed to "go through the legal process" and community-based agencies were allowed "to take the lead." Tim O'Donnell

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.