Prohibit the department from hiring or recruiting more immigration agents using funds from the budget bill.
Introduce and support legislation to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from hiring or recruiting more immigration agents using funds from the budget bill.
Occurrences
We said not another dime to ICE while this lawlessness and corruption continues; we’ve kept that promise.
Evidence
Sen. Andy Kim introduced legislation Thursday intended to stop the Trump administration from using taxpayer funds to detain immigrants in warehouses, hire more enforcement agents, and operate jails where migrants are held in inhumane conditions.
Through 2:20 AM this morning, Kim was on the Senate Floor to echo Americans’ demands during final debate of a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which passed the Senate with zero additional funding for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel, and imposed financial hardship on workers.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Sunday that if the Senate-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached the House floor, it would pass.
S. 3933: A bill to prohibit funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act from being used to recruit or hire new immigration enforcement agents or officers at ICE or CBP. Sponsored by Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey).
President Donald Trump's decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks.
This week, a proposal from the White House and GOP leaders emerged to fund substantial parts of DHS, including TSA, but without any of the ICE and CBP reforms.
The law increases the funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement from $10 billion to more than $100 billion by 2029, making it the single most heavily funded law enforcement agency in the federal government.
Today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced the ICE Funding Accountability Act ... Coupled with his End Warehouse Detention Act, introduced earlier today, Senator Kim’s three bills work together to stop taxpayer dollars from funding Donald Trump’s out-of-control DHS...
Through 2:20 AM this morning, Senator Kim was on the Senate Floor... final debate of a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which passed the Senate with zero additional funding for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
GovInfo lists S. 3933, the ICE Funding Accountability Act, with action: "Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs." The full title is to prohibit One Big Beautiful Bill Act funds from being used to recruit or hire new immigration enforcement agents or officers at ICE or CBP.
The introduced bill text states that amounts made available under Public Law 119-21 may not be spent to pay salaries of ICE or CBP agents hired after enactment, or to recruit, advertise for hiring, or pay retention or sign-on bonuses to such agents or officers.
Senator Kim's office announced that he introduced the ICE Funding Accountability Act. The release says the bill would prohibit DHS from using taxpayer dollars taken through the reconciliation bill to hire or recruit more ICE and CBP agents.
Kim's office said he was on the Senate floor during final debate on a DHS funding bill that passed the Senate with zero additional funding for ICE, and quoted him saying, "not another dime to ICE" while the lawlessness continued.
Assessments
Kim fulfilled the promise as framed: he introduced S. 3933, the ICE Funding Accountability Act, which directly prohibited One Big Beautiful Bill Act funds from being used to recruit or hire new ICE or CBP immigration enforcement agents or officers. He also supported DHS funding legislation that passed the Senate without additional ICE funding. Because the commitment was to introduce and support legislation, not necessarily secure final enactment, this counts as delivered during the same federal term.
Sen. Andy Kim sponsored and publicly introduced legislation (e.g., S.3933 / ICE Funding Accountability Act and related bills) explicitly prohibiting use of funds to hire or recruit immigration enforcement agents, and he publicly supported a DHS funding package in the Senate that excluded additional ICE funding. Those actions fulfill the promise to "introduce and support legislation" during his term. There is no clear evidence the prohibition was enacted as law, but the pledge specified introducing and supporting such legislation, which he did.
Multiple pieces of evidence show that Sen. Andy Kim both introduced and supported legislation to prohibit DHS from using budget bill funds to hire or recruit additional immigration agents (S. 3933 and related bills). Kim also advocated for the Senate-backed funding bill that excluded new funds for ICE, and he publicly opposed additional enforcement funding on the Senate floor. However, no evidence shows that such prohibitions became law, nor that overall immigration enforcement hiring was fully ended as a result of his efforts. There is also evidence of continued or increased funding for ICE in subsequent legislation. While Kim met the criteria for a serious legislative and public effort, the ultimate policy outcome fell short of a full delivery of the promise.