Funding For ICE And Border Patrol Passes House Vote

This has given Democrats apoplexy

House Republicans approve $70bn bill for Trump’s immigration crackdown

House Republicans on Tuesday approved a $70bn bill funding through the duration of his term the agencies leading Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, ending a months-long standoff with Democrats that at one point forced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to shutter.

The Secure America Act passed in a 214-212 vote that was largely along party lines, with Kevin Kiley, an independent who aligns with the Republicans, joining all Democrats in voting no. The Senate approved the measure last week, which allocates $38bn to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26bn to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $5bn more to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September 2029. The legislation now awaits Trump’s signature.

“With today’s vote, House and Senate Republicans have officially ended the third Democrat government shutdown of this Congress,” Republican House speaker Mike Johnson said following the measure’s passage.

“All that Democrats have achieved by their shutdown is a useful reminder to the American people of their support for open borders and keeping criminal illegal immigrants in American communities – policies that have been soundly rejected by the American people over and over again. We hope this episode serves as a future reminder to Democrats that when they shut the government down, they will receive less than nothing in return.”

Now it’s a matter of making it to Trump’s desk

House Democrats unanimously opposed the bill, with Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, saying it would “waste $70 billion in taxpayer money to give a blank check to ICE without any guardrails, any oversight, any accountability.”

Why can’t they just say they want open borders?

(NPR) But now ICE and Border Patrol will be funded without the changes Democrats were demanding, including requiring judicial warrants to enter homes and prohibiting officers from wearing masks. The package also lacks reforms with bipartisan support, such as requiring officers to wear body cameras.

Neither measure included funding for internal oversight offices that conduct investigations into detention center conditions; however, the April measure to fund all of the agency included $20 million for the DHS inspector general to specifically conduct oversight of detention facilities.

All this for nothing, Dems.