Seven Democrats are facing criticism after voting to advance funding for ICE ahead of the 2026 elections.

Seven House Democrats voted in favor of a $64.4 billion bill to advance a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending measure that includes about $10 billion for ICE. The votes came during a markup of the DHS appropriations bill, with Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky casting the lone Republican vote against the funding, which passed 220-207 and will fund ICE and FEMA through September 30.

The seven Democrats who voted alongside the majority of Republicans to push forward the bill are Representatives

  • Tom Suozzi (New York),
  • Henry Cuellar (Texas),
  • Don Davis (North Carolina),
  • Laura Gillen (New York),
  • Jared Golden (Maine),
  • Vicente Gonzalez (Texas),
  • Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington).
  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Representative Henry Cuellar said about the bill: “It’s not everything we wanted. We wanted more oversight. But Democrats don’t control the House, the Senate or the White House. What we were able to do was add some oversight over Homeland.”

    Sick of this whiny shit. “Wah, we don’t control every lever of power, so we will sit on our hands until we do.”

    But what did you do when you were in power? Sell out to billionaires.