Seven Democrats Back Spending Bill to Fund DHS & ICE
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House Passes DHS Funding Bill in Narrow 220-207 Vote
Does the DHS funding bill provide necessary border security reforms or does it bankroll terror without accountability?
Above: House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, and other Republican lawmakers on Jan. 22, 2026. Image credit: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
The DHS funding bill delivers critical border security and oversight reforms that Democrats should support. Rejecting this bipartisan compromise would mean falling back on a continuing resolution with zero reforms, no body cameras for ICE agents and no independent detention oversight. Blocking this bill enables exactly what progressives claim to oppose while jeopardizing TSA agents' pay and FEMA assistance.
Democratic narrative
Congress just bankrolled terror by handing ICE billions after agents shot Renee Good and kidnapped children from playgrounds. This bill eliminates the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, slashes civil rights funding by $32 million and gives a blank check to the masked agents currently occupying Minnesota. Funding this lawless agency without accountability is beyond the pale.
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