At a town hall event in Madison, Iowa, a constituent pressed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador prison.
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00:00You're interested in border security? If there's not, we'll go on. You're interested in border security?
00:06Yes. I believe very strongly in my Christian faith. I preach on Sundays, and I believe very strongly, and we welcome the stranger.
00:22Because anyway, we do the least of these we do to Jesus, and that is what we've been taught, and that is what the gospel tells us.
00:36And I think turning away people who have come here for asylum is one of the most shameful things we are doing right now.
00:44Yes.
00:45I just want to know, for Hugh as a senator, as my elected senator, is there anything you can do so that we can follow international law better?
01:04Are just the ideals of our country to be a place of hope for others, where they can come when they are searching for a home, because they have no place else to go.
01:21Take down the status of the liberty.
01:27There are everything that we can do legally under our laws. We welcome refugees. That's the legal status.
01:41Senator Brasley, we're not right now.
01:45Senator Brasley, right now we're not. I mean, right now we're not.
01:50These changes have been taking place
01:52And that's what concerns people so much
01:54There's no new process
01:56There's no new process
01:58Do you want to say what I do this?
02:00Ok, so with law
02:02I would welcome refugees and I would welcome people
02:06Are you gonna bring a guy back from El Salvador?
02:12Yes!
02:14Why not?
02:16Well because that's not a
02:18The Supreme Court said to bring him back.
02:27He's defunded the Constitution.
02:29You're on the Judiciary Committee.
02:31Trump don't care.
02:33If I get an order for $1,200 and I just say no, does that stand up?
02:39Because he's got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said no.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Screw it.
02:46I'm not able to answer your question.
02:48You ignored my letter.
02:50Guatemala or El Salvador is an independent country.
02:56Can you speak up, please? We can't hear you.
02:59The president of that country is not subject to our U.S. Supreme Court.
03:04Just want to bring him back. Just want to bring him back.
03:09I'm pissed.
03:11We're paying him to keep him down here. We don't have to pay him.
03:15Hey, let's be civil.
03:16We're not doing it.
03:17Okay?
03:18Excuse me, Senator.
03:20Senator?
03:21Excuse me.
03:22On that same subject?
03:24Hey!
03:25Excuse me.
03:26Okay.
03:27Excuse me!