The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session.
The agreement would fund other DHS components, such as the Transportation Security Administration and US Coast Guard, but the House will still need to act before funded agencies within the department can reopen.
The move is meant to alleviate long lines at airports, while lawmakers continue to debate possible reforms to immigration enforcement by DHS.
It sounds to me like they didn’t get nearly what they wanted. None of the restrictions or guardrails on ICE or border patrols were even considered and ICE is already funded for a good long while without this.
I guess at this point my bar is so low I was expecting an ice or border patrol funding anyway.
So I dunno man I just want my hollow victory.
Yey! Here’s to y’all who like me are poorly informed citizen bystanders! We won! We wanted to win n we won! Yey! We’re winners!
Just let me know how hollow? Too much so far? A couple of YMCA dance moves perhaps? A little hurra hoop hoop?