Move to curtail the budget of ICE until the agency respects constitutionally guaranteed rights and stops requiring masked enforcement.

For my part, I intend to fight back by moving to curtail the budget of ICE until such time that they respect our Constitutionally-guaranteed rights (and take off the masks)

King commits to seek ICE budget cuts until the agency follows constitutional rights protections and ends masked enforcement.

Senator King Releases Statement on Administration’s Widespread Defiance of Constitutional Norms
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The Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill in a 52-47 vote, funding ICE and Border Patrol through the end of President Trump's term.

Recent congressional action went in the opposite direction of curtailing ICE funding; the chamber approved a large funding package for ICE instead.

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Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill after all-night 'vote-a-rama'
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Trump signed the Secure America Act, which allocates $38 billion to ICE and funds it through September 2029, while Democrats criticized the absence of accountability guardrails.

The enacted law locked in long-term ICE funding rather than curtailing the agency's budget or conditioning it on mask and rights reforms.

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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029
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King said on Face the Nation that he could not vote for a DHS funding bill that included ICE funding under these circumstances and urged leaders to separate the DHS bill and add guardrails and accountability.

King took a concrete anti-ICE-funding position and pressed for conditions, but the later funding deal still advanced and was signed into law.

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Senate Democrats to block government funding after second fatal shooting in Minneapolis
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