""It is absolutely offensive to the people that we represent that the Senate would send over a bill that doesn't fund Border Patrol and the four core components of ICE," Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Friday morning."
"Johnson and Thune argued in their statement that Democratic opposition to the House's short-term fix left them with no alternative."
"Trump, in a Wednesday Truth Social post, called on Congress to fund ICE and CBP through the reconciliation process by June 1, essentially the Senate's plan that he'd lambasted just days ago."
"Johnson was still publicly opposing that approach as recently as Tuesday."
The Republican Congress aims to fully reopen the Department and ensure federal workers are compensated while specifically funding immigration enforcement and border security for three years. This plan aligns with a Senate bill that passed unanimously, which excluded funding for ICE and CBP. House Republicans rejected the Senate's proposal, deeming it offensive for not funding Border Patrol and ICE's core components. A 60-day continuing resolution to fund DHS passed the House but faced opposition from Senate Democrats.
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