Senator Chris Murphy discusses the Democratic stance on the DHS funding bill, addressing concerns about delaying disaster relief and Coast Guard funding. He emphasizes a focus on targeted reforms within the Department of Homeland Security, particularly regarding ICE operations, and highlights potential areas for bipartisan agreement.
On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Chris Murphy responded to arguments that voting against the DHS funding bill will delay money for things like disaster relief and the Coast Guard while letting ICE operate anyway by stating that “there’s nothing that would stop us from constraining the use of dollars that are both in the annual budget, but also the Big Beautiful Bill.
And the fact of the matter is, we aren’t going to ask for the entirety of the Department of Homeland Security to be reformed.” Co-host Michel Martin asked, “wo arguments that we’re hearing on the Democratic side against this — one is substantive, and one is political, let’s just take them separately. The first is that blocking this funding would be a mistake, because it’ll delay funds for things like disaster relief and the Coast Guard, and that ICE is going to be able to operate anyway due to the funding it got from last year’s Republican tax and spending bill. What do you say to that?” Murphy answered, “Well, there’s nothing that would stop us from constraining the use of dollars that are both in the annual budget, but also the Big Beautiful Bill. And the fact of the matter is, we aren’t going to ask for the entirety of the Department of Homeland Security to be reformed. We’re going to ask for targeted reforms that will make our communities safer. We’re going to ask — the things that we certainly could demand and talk about are ending these roving patrols of officers who are not trained to do that kind of door-to-door operation, requiring warrants for arrests, requiring identification, and body cameras. These are things that would make these operations safer, would result in fewer people being hurt. I think these are going to be commonsense reforms that we’ll likely talk about, things that the Republicans really have no reason to be against, because I think the American people will support them.”Minnesota Republican Ends Campaign for Governor Due to ICE SurgeTrump Sending Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to Review ICE Operations Exclusive — Trump’s ‘Quiet Hammer’: How CIA Director John Ratcliffe Has Revitalized Spy Agency in President’s First Year BackWhite House: Trump Wants Minnesota ‘Resistance and Chaos to End Today’ Trump Talks Cooperation with Tim Walz in Minnesota While ICE Operations and Fraud Investigations ContinueKash Patel: FBI Investigating Minneapolis Democrats’ Activist NetworksMeet Nate Morris, The Kentucky Sen. Candidate and Garbage Entrepreneur Who Earned Charlie Kirk’s Final Endorsement
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