Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.
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The Quietest Government Shutdown
It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.
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Leaked Documents Show a Border Patrol Remade in the Image of Gregory Bovino
Bovino’s smash-and-grab tactics are now the norm for immigration enforcement across the country.
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Lawmakers Debate Bill to Blackmail Sanctuary Cities
H.R. 7640 would require state and local police departments to help federal agents carry out their mass deportation drive. Democrats used a states’ rights argument to say why that’s bogus.
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The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
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Isolating ICE
Democrats offered a way out of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but Republicans refused to play. What now?
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Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing
Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.
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Republican Frostbite
Defense of ICE has become a political loser, and the deal to trade reforms for continued funding is off the table.
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GOP on Thin ICE
In the fight to drastically limit ICE as a condition of funding DHS, Democrats have the advantage. Let’s see how they press it.
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Impeach President Miller
The mastermind of the Trump regime’s descent into gangsterism is arguably more dangerous than the Orange One himself.