The new DHS budget puts the flimsiest handcuffs on ICE [View all]
Source: MSNOW
As another funding deadline looms over Capitol Hill, the biggest question is how lawmakers will approach the bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The answer came Tuesday, when House and Senate appropriators released the final set of full-year funding bills. A look at the Homeland Security Appropriations Act showcases how unpopular President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has become — and how few options Democrats have to force new constraints onto it.
The four bills included in the so-called minibus package come pre-negotiated between the House and Senate, helping smooth their passage through both chambers. In all, the bill would provide $64.4 billion in funding to DHS for the current fiscal year. As Senate Appropriations Committee vice chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wa., noted in her bill summary, that’s a $600 million overall decrease compared with last year.
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is it too much to ask our representatives to actually stand up for what is right, humane, and actually supported by most Americans? Why do we keep supporting legislation that the GOP wants and point at a few places where it 'could have been worse'. Not a high bar.
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