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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Here's why this actually de facto paves the way to kill ICE forever:
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Mike Howell @MHowellTweets
This would cause some major issues for ICE and @IngrahamAngle is on the mark here.
1- yes it takes away ICE funding and puts it on a standalone, the loneliest funding stream possibly for the future. It also opens up ICE to conditions imposed via Republicans in reconciliation, something already signaled. Not to mention the giant scalp the left is taking here in proving they can scare Rs into abandoning ICE. OBB was a surge of money for a mission desperately needing scaling to meet the challenge of the amount of illegals, now they want to put its regular funding stream in perpetual question.
2- this would cause irreparable harm w/in ICE. It essentially would create two separate agencies. Allowing Congress to dictate how an agency’s resources can be operationally used in this way will set a horrible precedent. The litigation this opens up will be crippling, and the left is better situated with the judiciary and external litigation functions to make that happen.
3- it gives Democrats the major victory of essentially taking money from ICE out of OBB since regular funding in jeopardy moving forward. This will be a huge boon for their base turnout as compared to a Trump base that is frustrated on pace of deportations. It doesn't "diffuse" as much as it rewards Democrats and RINOs.
4- "don't talk about mass deportation" was the noise, this is the legislative signal
5- takes the wind out from the sails of the Save America Act by subjecting it to the same uncertainty of the reconciliation process. We need to keep Save America Act on floor not to run away from it.
There is a reason why Democrats will like this.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2037588112168427955
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Your Senate Majority leader defunded ICE in a shady backroom deal at 3 AM. We aren't interested in your comms.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2037585202936193065
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - You know why.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2037583938043216210
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - John Thune has destroyed every single Senate norm that he claimed to cherish.
He set a far bigger and more dangerous precedent than abolishing the filibuster.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2037582469327904956
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Hello Senator Thune,
At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.
Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.
You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.
You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.
You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.
Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.
Let's be precise about what you did:
1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.
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