Peters Statement on GOP Push for Additional ICE Funding

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) released the following statement after House Republicans passed a resolution late last night to give an additional $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through 2028.

“ICE and CBP don’t need another dime from Congress. Last year, Republicans handed them $170 billion over four years in their so-called ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ Today, $150 billion of that remains unspent. That’s more than the budgets of the U.S. Marines, FBI, or the DEA. 

“Homeland Security has been shut down for over 70 days—the longest shutdown in U.S. history. President Trump and Secretary Mullin have already warned that the stopgap funding keeping DHS staff paid will run out by the end of the month. We’re out of time to reopen this agency, yet Republicans are choosing to prioritize Trump’s extreme mass deportation agenda over getting DHS back up and running. 

“My constituents, and Americans across the country, are demanding an end to ICE’s reckless conduct. Congress cannot keep writing blank checks to agencies accused of serious abuses. Rather than additional funding for ICE, we should pass my Stop Excessive Force in Immigration Act and other commonsense guardrails.”