On January 21, 2026, Congresswoman Rivas announced that she will not vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE.
Luz Rivas will not vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE.
Occurrences
ICE should not be thrown more money – it should be abolished.
Evidence
On January 21, 2026, Congresswoman Rivas announced that she will not vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE.
H.R.7147 provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the House passed it on 01/22/2026 by a vote of 220-207.
H.R.7147 - On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 42). The roll call vote page lists individual member votes for the DHS appropriations bill.
Congress.gov's member page records Luz Rivas as voting Nay on House Roll Call Vote 42, the House passage vote for H.R.7147, the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill that included ICE funding.
The official House roll call for H.R.7147 shows Luz M. Rivas as Nay on the passage vote; the measure passed 220-207 on 2026-01-22.
The Clerk's roll-call record for Vote 202642 lists Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA] as Nay on H.R.7147.
The official House roll call for H.R.7147 records Luz M. Rivas as Nay on the 01/22/2026 passage vote, which passed 220-207.
The Clerk's vote record for Vote 202642 lists Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA] as Nay on H.R.7147.
Congress.gov's member page records Luz Rivas's House roll-call vote on H.R.7147 as Nay.
Within the lookback window, the Guardian reported Trump signed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill funding ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; the same live report said House Democrats unanimously opposed the bill.
The Clerk's official roll call for H.R. 7147 lists the vote question as On Passage, status Passed, and Rivas, Democrat of California, voting Nay.
Congress.gov states H.R.7147 provides FY2026 appropriations for DHS and includes appropriations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; House passage was 220-207 on roll call 42.
Congress.gov's member activity page records House Roll Call Vote 42 on January 22, 2026, with Member Vote: Nay and result Passed, 220-207.
Assessments
Rivas promised not to vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE. During her same federal House term, H.R.7147 was a FY2026 DHS appropriations bill that included ICE funding, and official House/Congress.gov roll-call records show Rivas voted Nay on final passage on January 22, 2026. The bill passed despite her opposition, but the promise was about her own vote, which she fulfilled.
The promise was about Rivas’s own vote on DHS/ICE funding, not about whether the funding bill would ultimately fail. After publicly stating on January 21, 2026 that she would not vote to continue funding DHS and ICE, official House roll-call records show she voted Nay on January 22, 2026 on H.R. 7147, the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill that funded DHS and ICE. That matches the promised action and was completed during the same federal term.
This promise was about Luz M. Rivas's own vote as a federal representative, not about whether Congress as a whole ultimately funded DHS and ICE. In her first House term, she publicly said on January 21, 2026 that she would not vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE, and official House and Congress.gov roll-call records show she voted Nay on H.R. 7147, the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill, on January 22, 2026. Because she took the promised vote during her current federal term, the promise was delivered in the same term, even though the bill still passed.
Rivas publicly said she would not vote to continue funding for DHS and ICE, and the House roll call record shows she voted Nay on H.R. 7147, the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill that included ICE funding, in the same term. That directly fulfills the claim.
Rivas publicly said on January 21, 2026 that she would not vote to continue funding DHS and ICE, and Congress.gov records show she voted Nay on House Roll Call Vote 42 for H.R. 7147, the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill that funded DHS and ICE. That satisfies the promise in the same term.
The strongest evidence shows Rivas publicly pledged on January 21, 2026 that she would not vote to continue funding DHS and ICE, and the relevant DHS appropriations bill, H.R. 7147, came to a House vote the next day. However, the provided record does not actually confirm her individual roll-call vote on final passage. Because there is clear evidence of a stated refusal and the funding vote occurred in the same term, she appears to have made a serious effort/commitment, but without direct proof that she voted no, the promise cannot be scored as fully delivered. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.