Murphy Statement on Senate Republicans Giving $71 Billion to a Lawless Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Friday released a statement following passage of a reconciliation bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security:

"What happened in the U.S. Senate tonight should send a chill down the spine of anyone who cares about the rule of law in this country. Democrats had a very simple ask: work with us to put basic guardrails on an agency that has spiraled out of control. Instead, Senate Republicans took a sledgehammer to the appropriations process and wrote a $71 billion blank check to ICE and CBP to continue their lawlessness - throwing communities into chaos, allowing immigrants to die in DHS custody, and ripping children from their parents. Senate Republicans own the terror they've unleashed."