Sánchez welcomes DHS funding deal, vows to continue fighting ICE abuses

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) today released the following statement after House Republican leadership agreed to pass the bipartisan Senate bill to fund all Department of Homeland Security agencies except Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement:

“Speaker Johnson held DHS employees' paychecks hostage for more than a month to satisfy the unreasonable demands of far-right Republicans. It was wrong, and it did not have to happen.

“A bipartisan agreement to fund every DHS agency except ICE and CBP has been on the table since before the Easter recess. It passed the Senate unanimously and would have passed the House weeks ago if Republican leadership had simply allowed a vote.

“I’m glad that Coast Guard, TSA, FEMA and other critical employees will get paid. But Republicans now want to reward ICE and CBP with another $140 billion through reconciliation. I will continue to fight to block their funding until the abuses we are seeing in our communities come to an end.”

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