Scott Votes Against Funding Bill to Give DHS and ICE Unchecked Power

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on his opposition to the Senate amendments to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which funds the Department of Homeland Security until February 13, 2026.   

“Americans are seeing cities taken over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who are arresting and detaining citizens and legal permanent residents at their churches, homes, and workplaces without valid warrants and assaulting and killing citizens in situations that should require murder investigations, and yet the Administration is fabricating stories easily contradicted by video evidence. Unfortunately, this bill does nothing to curb the abuses of authority by ICE. We should not fund the government as if nothing is happening; therefore, I cannot vote for any additional funding to the Department of Homeland Security until at least some credible progress is made to rein in the out-of-control military occupation of our cities.”

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