Not support new funding for ICE and Border Patrol unless it includes commonsense guardrails.

Democrats would not support new funding for ICE and Border Patrol unless it included commonsense guardrails.

Cortez Masto said she and Senate Democrats would oppose additional ICE and Border Patrol funding unless the bill contained guardrails.

On the Senate Floor, Cortez Masto Condemns Republicans’ Move to Throw Billions at Out-of-Control Federal Immigration Enforcement
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“That’s why my Democratic colleagues and I have been clear since February: you won’t get our votes on new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol unless it includes commonsense guardrails to rein in these agencies’ abuses.”

Cortez Masto publicly reaffirmed the pledge during a Senate floor speech, showing the commitment remained active in the last lookback window and was being applied to ongoing GOP reconciliation talks.

unresolved same_term A for effort

On the Senate Floor, Cortez Masto Condemns Republicans’ Move to Throw Billions at Out-of-Control Federal Immigration Enforcement
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“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill recently signed into law provides a full year of funding to the Secret Service, FEMA, TSA, and Coast Guard. It does not include any additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol.”

An official office release says the DHS bill enacted in the period did not add ICE or Border Patrol funding, so there was no need to compromise on the stated guardrails condition in that measure.

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Cortez Masto, Rosen Deliver Natural Disaster, Emergency Funding for Nevada
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Cortez Masto said Democrats had been clear since February that Republicans would not get their votes on new funding for ICE and Border Patrol unless it included commonsense guardrails, and said Democrats had been blocking funding because of abuses of power.

Official Senate office release directly restates the pledge during the relevant Senate term and describes ongoing opposition to new ICE and Border Patrol funding without guardrails.

partial same_term A for effort

On the Senate Floor, Cortez Masto Condemns Republicans’ Move to Throw Billions at Out-of-Control Federal Immigration Enforcement
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The release listed requested reforms: no detention or deportation of U.S. citizens based on appearance, judicial warrants for home entry, visible badge numbers, no masks, body cameras, and de-escalation training.

The same official release defines the promised “commonsense guardrails,” allowing later votes and bill text to be assessed against the stated condition.

partial same_term A for effort

On the Senate Floor, Cortez Masto Condemns Republicans’ Move to Throw Billions at Out-of-Control Federal Immigration Enforcement
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The office said the DHS funding bill recently signed into law funded the Secret Service, FEMA, TSA, and Coast Guard and did not include additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol.

This supports partial fulfillment because Cortez Masto supported a DHS bill while stating it did not add ICE or Border Patrol money, so that support did not violate the guardrails condition.

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Cortez Masto, Rosen Deliver Natural Disaster, Emergency Funding for Nevada
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The budget resolution instructed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Judiciary Committee to report changes increasing the deficit by not more than $70 billion each for fiscal years 2026 through 2035, with reserve-fund language relating to immigration enforcement and border security policy.

Official bill text shows the April budget framework enabled a large reconciliation vehicle for immigration-enforcement and border-security funding.

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S. Con. Res. 33 Engrossed in Senate, 119th Congress
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On S. Con. Res. 33, as amended, the Senate agreed to the concurrent resolution 50-48; Cortez Masto was recorded as Nay.

Cortez Masto voted against the budget resolution that set up the later reconciliation funding track, consistent with not supporting new ICE and Border Patrol funding absent guardrails.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 105
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S. 2 appropriated $13.02 billion to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for immigration enforcement activities and $31.075 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for immigration enforcement activities, among other DHS appropriations.

Official bill text confirms the Senate-passed reconciliation bill contained substantial new ICE and Border Patrol or CBP funding, making Cortez Masto’s vote on the bill directly relevant to the pledge.

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S. 2 Engrossed in Senate, Secure America Act
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On Padilla Amendment No. 5808 to S. 2, with the stated purpose to make appropriations for transparency and accountability, the amendment was rejected 46-53; Cortez Masto voted Yea.

Cortez Masto supported an accountability and transparency amendment during consideration of the ICE and CBP funding bill, but the guardrail-related amendment failed.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 157
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On the Durbin Amendment No. 5806 motion, which would repurpose ICE funds for DACA processing and prohibit use of funds to arrest, detain, deport, or remove DACA recipients, the motion was rejected 48-51; Cortez Masto voted Yea.

Cortez Masto voted for a concrete protection limiting ICE enforcement against DACA recipients, but the measure did not pass.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 152
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On passage of S. 2, as amended, the Senate passed the bill 52-47; Cortez Masto was recorded as Nay.

This is the strongest official evidence that Cortez Masto did not support the new ICE and Border Patrol or CBP funding package after guardrail amendments failed.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 163
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%