Congresswoman Escobar Statement on DHS Funding Bill

Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement on the DHS funding bill: “I support funding the Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and other agencies under DHS, which is why I have instead signed on to a bill that provides a full appropriation for all of DHS excluding ICE and Border Patrol. ICE and Border Patrol have more than enough funding available because of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ which provided a whopping $165 billion for DHS, with $85 billion alone for ICE. “I cannot in good conscience support additional money for ICE and Border Patrol, especially when the Trump administration has refused to answer our questions and seems committed to furthering the fraud, corruption, lawlessness and constitutional violations we have already seen on their watch.”