Ilhan Omar brings bill to make ICE ‘pay the price’ for terrorizing communities
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Make ICE Pay Act would block nearly $140bn in funding and redirect money to places reeling from Trump crackdown
The US congresswoman Ilhan Omar is set to introduce a bill that would make federal immigration agencies “pay the price” for terrorising vulnerable communities, blocking nearly $140bn in funding and redirecting it to local recovery efforts, the Guardian has learned.
The Make ICE Pay Act, due to be introduced on Thursday, targets funding previously designated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”.
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