Democrats push DHS funding split from ICE/CBP via discharge petition
TL;DR
House Democrats are using a discharge petition to force a floor vote on funding the Department of Homeland Security through September that excludes ICE and CBP, aiming to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, the Coast Guard and Secret Service while pressing for immigration-enforcement reforms; Republicans doubt the effort will succeed amid ongoing DHS funding negotiations with the White House and Senate.
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