Defund ICE - (UPDATED 1/30) - House Vote Tuesday

Updates

January 30, 2026: By a 71-29 vote, the Senate has passed the new funding package that includes a 2-week continuing resolution (CR) for DHS and fully funds the remainder of the government. The House is expected to vote on this package on Monday, February 2nd. Congress now has a new deadline of Friday, February 13th to pass a new DHS funding bill.

January 29, 2026: By a 45-55 vote, the Senate voted down the six-bill government funding package. All Democrats vote No along with Republican Senators Johnson (Wi), Tuberville (AL), Lee (UT), Budd (NC), Paul (KY), Moody (FL), and Scott (FL). Negotiations are ongoing on a new funding package to pass the five noncontroversial spending bills and a short-term CR for DHS; additional votes expected early as tonight.

January 28, 2026: House Republicans have combined their standalone DHS funding bill with five other government funding bills. The Senate must now vote on the six-bill package as a whole. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is refusing to separate the DHS funding bill from the overall funding package, holding funding for Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and more hostage to force Democrats to support continued DHS funding. Senators must demand a vote on the standalone DHS bill to continue pushing for ICE reforms while ensuring continued funding for essential government agencies.

January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted No, while Democratic Reps Cuellar (TX), Golden (ME), Gillen (NY), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Davis (NC), Suozzi (NY), and Gonzalez (TX) voted Yes. The bill now goes to the Senate where a floor vote is expected the week of January 26th.

January 22, 2026: Today, the House is expected to vote on a standalone appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The bill maintains ICE's current funding level for fiscal year 2026, while adding some requirements that DHS update Congress about certain proposed expenditures.

Following the federal funding deal passed in mid-November 2025, Congress now faces a January 30th deadline to pass remaining appropriations bills, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill, to fully fund the government for fiscal year (FY) 2026.

Recent atrocities committed against both immigrants and citizens under the Trump administration have shone a light on abuses of power by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A whistleblower recently revealed an internal DHS memo authorizing ICE agents to enter homes without a warrant signed by a judge, in a flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment. However, these abuses are hardly new. Since ICE and CBP were established in 2003, the agencies have terrorized immigrant communities, conducted unconstitutional border checkpoints, torn apart families, denied immigrants their due process rights, and subjected detained immigrants to physical, sexual, and mental abuse. The killing of Renee Good in Minnesota was the 9th ICE shooting since September 2025.

ICE also received an influx of billions in additional funding from the so-called “One Big Beautiful” bill. The bill placed no guardrails or conditional oversight on the use of this money, essentially creating a $75 billion slush fund for ICE to continue their violent attacks on communities across the country.

Call on your representatives to block any DHS appropriations bill or Continuing Resolution (CR) that maintains funding for ICE. This lawless and violent agency must be defunded and dissolved for good.