U.S. Representative, D-Texas; expected chair of House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee
3 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Nov 9.
Immigration advocates want the incoming Democratic Congress to hold ICE accountable. A Texas Democrat in line to help run ICE's budget says most of his party doesn't want to defund it, and much of the money is already locked in.
All six House Democrats who voted for a Homeland Security funding bill that included ICE money held their seats Tuesday, even as Democrats won the House and Senate. Now the party must decide whether its new majorities will try to claw back money already approved for immigration enforcement.
Congress funded the government only through Dec. 11, and lawmakers return Nov. 9 with 9 of 12 spending bills undone. A bad night for Republicans on Nov. 3 could make that fight harder.
