Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2026

Floor Speech

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Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this Republican effort to funnel another $70 billion to ICE and CBP to continue their inhumane, illegal, and reprehensible actions.

This effort is even more incomprehensible considering it comes after Trump and congressional Republicans already created an $85 billion slush fund for ICE during the last budget reconciliation process.

In my district, ICE has used the money to terrorize Minnesotans, particularly our Black and Brown communities, through Operation Metro Surge. We watched in horror as ICE agents murdered our neighbors, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, in broad daylight. We witnessed our neighbors being snatched off the street and pulled from their homes and cars without a warrant. We saw dozens of children ripped away from their families, friends, and schools, shipped to detention centers out of State.

Our communities are still recovering from that devastation caused by the Federal occupation and the blatant trampling of the rights we as Americans hold dear. We cannot send this rogue and unaccountable agency another cent.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

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