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Two Republicans Take Stand Against ICE and CBP Funding
As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown stretched on Thursday morning, two Senate Republicans voted against a bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol.
Rand Paul, of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, were the lone GOP senators to vote against the budget resolution, which could end the two-month DHS shutdown, in part over concerns that the bill would create a pathway for ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) out of the annual congressional appropriations process.
While the Trump administration has urged GOP members to pass the $70 million resolution, House Republicans have remained divided on the idea. Last year, the agencies were handed over $100 billion through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“Congress ought to fund border security, but we should be good stewards of the taxpayer dollars and fully pay for the $70 billion to secure our borders,” Paul told senators on the floor.
Newsweek reached out to Paul and Murkowski for comment via email on Thursday morning.