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House Republicans overcame widespread Democratic opposition on Thursday to approve a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency spearheading Donald Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n
The 220-207 vote, with seven Democrats<\/a> joining nearly all Republicans, came amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere.<\/p>\n Democrats\u2019 opposition to the DHS funding measure had grown in recent weeks since an Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, in Minneapolis earlier this month.<\/p>\n \u201cTaxpayer dollars are being misused to brutalize US citizens, including the tragic killing of Renee Nicole Good,\u201d the Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic whip, Katherine Clark, and Democratic caucus chair, Pete Aguilar, said in a joint statement on Wednesday. \u201cThis extremism must end.\u201d<\/p>\n The House on Thursday also approved a package of three measures to fund the defense, labor, health, education, transport and housing departments through 30 September. The broader package was approved with strong bipartisan support, on a 341-88 tally. The funding measures now move to the Senate, which must act by 30 January to avoid a partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n The speaker, Mike Johnson, hailed the votes to approve the year\u2019s final batch of spending bills as \u201canother monumental achievement\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRepublicans have delivered once again in making the America First agenda a reality,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe have finally turned the page, and we are not turning back.\u201d<\/p>\n Party leaders told a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that they would vote against the homeland security funding bill, citing insufficient provisions to rein in ICE. However, they did not whip their caucus against the funding bill.<\/p>\n In the Senate, the outstanding funding bills are expected to be stitched together into one big package, putting pressure on Senate Democrats who want to use the measure as leverage to constrain ICE.<\/p>\n Several Democrats have already announced their opposition, including the Arizona senator Ruben Gallego, who announced on Wednesday: \u201cYeah, I am not voting to give whatever ICE has become more taxpayer money. It\u2019s no longer an immigration enforcement arm of the US government.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, other Democrats are unlikely to reject spending for the defense department and other key domestic agencies.<\/p>\n The Democratic thumbs-down in the House came despite provisions in the bill that keep the agency\u2019s $10bn annual budget flat, reduces ICE enforcement and removal operations, and imposes a 5,500 reduction to its number of detention beds. The legislation also secured $20m for the \u201cprocurement, deployment, and operations of body worn cameras\u201d to be worn by ICE agents, thanks to Democrats\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n Such palliatives are unlikely to placate anger in the party over the agency\u2019s operations in Minnesota.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the last 24 hours, we\u2019ve heard our members speak loudly that ICE isn\u2019t doing enough, these reforms aren\u2019t doing enough. This lawlessness has to stop,\u201d Aguilar told reporters<\/a> after a Wednesday meeting on Capitol Hill. \u201cThey are only doing this because the president of the United States wants to use them to terrorize communities, to terrorize US citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n Rosa DeLauro, a representative from Connecticut and the ranking Democrat on the appropriations committee, said it was still better for the bill to pass rather than run the risk of a renewed government shutdown that could affect other agencies. \u201cI understand that many of my Democratic colleagues may be dissatisfied with any bill that funds ICE,\u201d she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI share their frustration with the out-of-control agency. I encourage my colleagues to review the bill and determine what is best for their constituents and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n But she added: \u201cThe homeland security funding bill is more than just ICE. If we allow a lapse in funding, TSA [transportation security administration] agents will be forced to work without pay, Fema [federal emergency management agency] assistance could be delayed, and the US Coast Guard will be adversely affected. All while ICE continues functioning without any change in their operations due to $75 billion it received in the One Big Beautiful Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n DeLauro ultimately ended up voting against the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n House Republicans overcame widespread Democratic opposition on Thursday to approve a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency spearheading Donald Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown. The 220-207 vote, with seven Democrats joining nearly all Republicans, came amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere. 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