Funding ICE and Border Control

Senate GOP to Begin Process for Funding ICE, Border Patrol Next Week

This comes amid the Department of Homeland Security having been shut down for 59 days

Senate Republicans are planning a vote as soon as next week on a budget blueprint that would pave the way for a party-line vote to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced on April 14.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for 59 days. While ICE and CBP are funded due to last year’s tax-and-spend megabill, agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been without funding due to deadlock over Senate Democrats’ demands for reforms to immigration enforcement.

A bill to fund all of DHS except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol has passed the Senate and is pending in the House.

Separately, Republicans are looking to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three years, or the rest of President Donald Trump’s administration, through a process called reconciliation.

This allows bills related to taxing, spending, and the national debt to pass the Senate with a simple majority and not be subject to the 60-vote procedural threshold that applies to most legislation.

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Senate Democrats used a funding fight to try to gut immigration enforcement

Three House Democrats defy Jeffries, vote with Republicans to fund DHS and immigration enforcement

Three House Democrats broke ranks with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday and voted to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington joined 209 House Republicans and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California in backing Speaker Mike Johnson's 60-day funding patch.

According to the Washington Examiner, the vote handed Johnson a key win after a weeks-long shutdown fight over immigration enforcement, and it exposed a crack in the Democratic wall that Jeffries has been working to hold together.

The reason for the crack is simple: the Democratic position is untenable, and a few of their members finally admitted it. Defunding Border Patrol isn't a winning hand.

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Ilhan's Conflict of Interest

A New Report Ties Ilhan Omar to a $33 Million Clinic Her Sister Ran When She Secured State Funding for It

Ilhan Omar just directed millions of taxpayer dollars to a health clinic while her sister was running it.

Now a new Breitbart investigation has connected that clinic to a web of family members, foreign governments, and a supposed ex-husband Omar swore under oath she couldn't locate.

The one question Democrats don't want anyone asking is why she claimed to have no conflict of interest.

Omar's Sister Was CEO When the State Money Arrived. Omar's older sister, Sahra Noor, served as CEO of People's Center Clinics & Services in Minneapolis from July 2014 through April 2018 – a nonprofit in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood that has collected $33 million in HHS grants since 2002.

In January 2017, Omar took her seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. That same year, the state capital budget included $2.2 million for People's Center.

Omar later boasted publicly about securing that funding and celebrated the clinic's 2022 renovations alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and other Minnesota Democrats.

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DHS Funding fails in Senate

Democrats Vote Down DHS Funding as Terror Attacks Strike

Republicans got the majority vote of 51 but 60 was needed to pass

On Thursday the Senate failed to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

The motion to proceed lost 51 to 46. It needed 60 votes to move forward. Centrist Senator John Fetterman joined Republicans in support, but he was the only Democrat to do so. This marks the fourth time Democrats have blocked Homeland Security funding since February 12. Meanwhile key agencies like the TSA and others remain hampered by the funding gap.

Why Democrats Said No:

Senate Democrats explained their no votes by pointing to provisions that fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. They demanded reforms after a recent incident in Minneapolis where agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens. Democrats argue these agencies need accountability and changes before getting more money.

Why Republicans Said Yes:

Republicans say funding must continue now to protect the homeland. That disagreement is the crux of the impasse.

When lawmakers play politics while threats are real, Americans pay the price. Senators can push for reforms and still keep core security functions running.

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Partial Shutdown Ends

House Votes to End Partial Shutdown, Sending Bill to Trump’s Desk

The bill’s passage will put an end to a partial shutdown that lasted 4 days. Congressional leaders now have less than 2 weeks to negotiate funding for DHS.

The House of Representatives on Feb. 3 passed a funding package for several federal agencies, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk to end a partial government shutdown.

The measure was passed in a 217-214 vote. Twenty-one Republicans voted against the Senate-passed package, while 21 Democrats voted for it.

The legislation will fully fund five sectors of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year while extending funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until Feb. 13. Despite its advancement, the bill faced significant Democratic opposition, including from party leadership.

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