Dems scolded by their own as ICE funding bill barely passes House
Some Democrats erupted on Thursday after the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to continue funding President Donald Trump's immigration regime.
The House passed a bill that will keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement funded through at least Sept. 30 by a 214-213 margin, according to the House Clerk's office. Democrats all voted against the bill because of misgivings about the Trump administration's deportation operations.
The vote all but guarantees that the government will avoid at least a partial shutdown ahead of the Jan. 30 funding deadline.
Some Democrats told Raw Story they are furious with the way the party fought against the bill.
Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) said he thought Democrats would "fight much harder than this" to defeat the bill.
"What we're seeing right now is people being yanked off the streets, people being disappeared in a sense, and to allow that to continue by basically having the same funding in place, I think it's wrong."
The bill passed by the House keeps ICE's funding level at $10 billion per year. House Democrats had sought a significant reduction in funds following the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) also warned that the situation with ICE appears likely to get worse before it gets better. He referred to the no-knock warrants ICE has been serving across the country, including to U.S. citizens.
"It's just gotten so much worse," Gomez said. "In Minnesota, you're seeing people of any background, you're seeing [ICE] go to their house, just pull up and ask them for ID."
