Raskin Statement on MAGA’s Latest Billion-Dollar ICE Handout

Washington, D.C.-Today, Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement after House Republicans sent S. 2 to President Trump's desk. The legislation provides $70 billion taxpayer dollars for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Border Patrol), while failing to guard against President Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund and Super Pardon:

"House Republicans are choosing to hand over $70 billion more in taxpayer dollars to fund ICE and Border Patrol's chaos in our communities. This is on top of the $140 billion they already gave ICE in their 'Big, Ugly Bill.' MAGA Republicans refused to negotiate on popular and essential reforms to responsibly enforce our immigration laws while respecting the civil liberties of our people. I voted hell no.

"ICE and Border Patrol aren't targeting 'the worst of the worst.' College students, nurses, babies and children, pregnant women, cancer patients, and even American citizens have been rounded up in their lawless, brutal raids. This corrupt agency is making all of us less safe. We need affordable health care, not an open money spigot for ICE corruption and masked federal agents killing American citizens and disappearing our neighbors from the streets. Our people want cheaper gas and groceries, not the President's illegal and unconstitutional war which has already cost $100 billion. We want more affordable housing, not a billion-dollar Marie Antoinette White House ballroom.

"Republicans rejected our amendments to block Todd Blanche's $1.8 billion MAGA slush fund and his Super Pardon for any offenses the president, his family and his companies may have committed. This collusive Trump-Trump 'settlement', a complete usurpation of the power of the legislative and judicial branches, is an historic fraud perpetrated on the courts and our people.

"Across America, Democrats, Republicans and independents alike must unite to reject Trump's corruption and ICE's lawlessness. We, the American people, must work together to defend our Constitution, our democratic institutions and our neighbors against MAGA chaos and lawlessness."

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