How Republicans in Congress could fully fund ICE for years to come — and maybe do more

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 946

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are once again looking toward the complex budget reconciliation process as a way to achieve some of their policy goals without Democratic votes.

GOP leaders were able to use the special pathway last year to approve the “big, beautiful” law that extended tax cuts, overhauled and cut Medicaid, provided hundreds of billions in extra funding for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and raised the country’s debt limit …

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