Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina called the move a capitulation. “The Senate unanimously decided to give in to Democrat demands to not fund ICE or CBP,” she said. “This surrender by Senate Republicans was passed in the middle of the night and then the entire Senate decided to go home for 2.5 weeks.”
Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, who held a news conference to state they would not support the passing of the DHS funding bill, said he would oppose the bill unless it includes additional provisions, including the SAVE America Act.
“The only thing we’re going to support is adding that funding into the bill, adding voter ID, sending it back to the Senate, making them come back in and do their work,” he said. “The bottom line is, this is not this deal. It’s bad for America. It’s bad for Americans.”
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