House passes bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the remainder of Trump's term
7d 6h ago by sh.itjust.works/u/pelespirit in politics@sh.itjust.works from www.npr.org
But now ICE and Border Patrol will be funded without the changes Democrats were demanding, including requiring judicial warrants to enter homes and prohibiting officers from wearing masks. The package also lacks reforms with bipartisan support, such as requiring officers to wear body cameras.
Neither measure included funding for internal oversight offices that conduct investigations into detention center conditions; however, the April measure to fund all of the agency included $20 million for the DHS inspector general to specifically conduct oversight of detention facilities.
Not only is this standoff ending without Democrats achieving the reforms they pressed for, the agencies will be insulated from additional pressure through the appropriations process for three years.
Even if public opinion on Trump's immigration agenda does help Democrats' take control of Congress next year, Democrats' ability to extract changes through the appropriations process will be limited now that the agencies have resources to last until 2029.
This is depressing. Republicans did this.
Even if public opinion on Trump’s immigration agenda does help Democrats’ take control of Congress next year, Democrats’ ability to extract changes through the appropriations process will be limited now that the agencies have resources to last until 2029.
That's not an accident.
The biggest difference between the Republicans and the Democrats as far as the growing technofascist oligarchy goes is that the Republicans can be more open about their suppoet for it. The Democrats have to hide their support, and not having to take a stand on funding ICE when they have a majority and thus can't blame the Republicans serves that purpose.