WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04) issued the following statement on the bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in fiscal year 2026:

"This legislation betrays our communities and funds more violence and terror by DHS. Far from cutting funding for ICE, the bill expands its slush fund and imposes no serious reforms to end its rampage through our cities. Giving billions more to ICE and CBP, after the $170 billion they received in the Big Ugly Bill and without any meaningful action to rein them in, is a green light to continue terrorizing communities around the country. Just this week, ICE used Liam Ramos, a five year-old in Minnesota, as bait to capture his father, then detained both of them and sent them to Texas. I will vote NO because I will not sanction this taxpayer-funded violence against my constituents or anyone else.

"DHS's brutal assault on Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and other cities is not new. This rogue and lawless agency has consistently trampled on our rights since it was founded less than 25 years ago. Instead of giving billions more to violent thugs who kidnap and murder people with impunity, Congress should be dismantling DHS and rebuilding the immigration enforcement system from the ground up."

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