Republicans Pass Bill to Fund DHS Amid Senate Opposition

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : " The Democrat opposition has been growing in response to ICE's expansion, which now employs around 22,000 agents after hiring 12,000 new personnel, marking a 120% increase.
61% : Telemundo reports that this House vote follows an earlier unanimous Senate approval of their own version of the bill, which proposed funding the DHS until September 30 but notably excluded allocations for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
56% : This growth stems from legislation signed last year by President Trump, which established ICE as the largest security agency in the country, with an estimated budget of $75 billion, surpassing that of many global military forces.
50% : Earlier in January, some Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress pushed for a proposal to dismantle ICE, advocating for the establishment of a new agency under the Department of Justice.
48% : Frankly, we need to dismantle ICE and start a new federal agency under the Department of Justice.
40% : The impasse has persisted since February 14, leading to a partial shutdown of the DHS, impacting several federal agencies tied to border security and aviation.
39% : He stated, "We need to vote to cut ICE funding.
38% : Leading this initiative was Representative Ro Khanna, a progressive Democrat from California, who pledged to oppose any funding assigned to DHS, arguing that "ICE's budget is literally set to triple.
28% : " Khanna criticized the budget plan for proposing an additional $18 billion annually for four years on top of ICE's existing $10 billion annual resources.

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