Duckworth, Durbin Say $70 Billion For ICE Could Instead Fund Healthcare, Lower Costs For Illinoisans
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Duckworth, Durbin Say $70 Billion For ICE Could Instead Fund Healthcare, Lower Costs For Illinoisans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Donald Trump signed a bill that gifts $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today highlighted a list of ways this money could be used to lower costs and improve lives of Illinoisans instead. Duckworth and Durbin have repeatedly opposed any more funding for ICE and Border …
Congress votes for $70 billion to further criminalize immigrants, but imagine if we spent that much money supporting immigrant families
Last week Congress voted to provide $70 billion more for for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. According to a story on NPR: While most annual spending measures provide funds for just that fiscal year, this measure includes lump sums that need to be spent only by the end of fiscal year 2029, including: $38 billion for ICE to hire, pay, train and equip its officers and agents. That includes $7 billion for Homeland Security In…
Update: A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Trump's proposed funding of nearly $1.8 billion while the legal process continues. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill was passed by the House of Representatives and signed by Trump. Early Friday morning, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would provide an additional $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand immigration enforcement operations o…
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