Prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used for large-scale ICE operations.

prohibit taxpayer dollars from going to large scale ICE operations

Kim committed to block federal funding for large-scale ICE operations.

Senator Kim Files Series of Reforms to Rein in Trump’s Lawless ICE
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Andy Kim joined New Jersey officials and protesters at Delaney Hall, said ICE could not be allowed to keep operating that way, and called for the facility to be shut down.

Shows Kim taking a concrete anti-ICE action during the lookback window, but it did not produce the broader policy prohibition he promised.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Protesters clash with ICE agents outside New Jersey detention center
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A revised Secure America Act advanced on a 53-46 party-line Senate vote, and the text still authorized about $70 billion for immigration enforcement agencies including ICE.

The congressional direction in the lookback window moved toward more ICE funding, the opposite of prohibiting taxpayer dollars for large-scale ICE operations.

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Senate Republicans drop plans for $1bn to fund security at Trump's ballroom
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President Trump signed the Secure America Act, which locks in $38 billion for ICE and keeps that funding in place through September 2029.

This is the clearest same-term evidence against the promise: instead of restricting ICE spending, a large federal funding package for ICE became law.

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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as Public Law No. 119-21 and summarizes that it provides $45 billion through FY2029 to ICE for detention capacity and over $29 billion through FY2029 for ICE hiring, transportation, removal operations, facilities, fleet, and 287(g) agreements.

Instead of prohibiting taxpayer funding for large-scale ICE operations, Congress enacted a law funding ICE detention and enforcement operations at very large scale through FY2029.

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H.R.1 - 119th Congress: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 - Congress.gov
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The enacted text appropriates $45,000,000,000 to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for detention capacity through September 30, 2029, and $29,850,000,000 for ICE hiring, enforcement, removal transportation, facilities, fleet modernization, family detention, and 287(g) agreements.

The statutory text directly contradicts the promised prohibition by appropriating tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to ICE detention and removal infrastructure.

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Public Law 119-21, July 4, 2025
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The Senate roll call for final passage of H.R.1 shows the bill passed 50-50 with the vice president voting yea; Andy Kim of New Jersey is recorded as voting Nay.

Kim voted against the large ICE-funding reconciliation bill, which is concrete opposition, but the bill still passed and became law.

never same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 372
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The Guardian reported that Trump signed the Secure America Act, a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement package that funded ICE and border patrol activities through the rest of his presidency, including $38 billion for ICE through September 2029.

Later same-term reporting indicates federal policy moved further toward funding ICE operations, not prohibiting taxpayer support for them.

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Trump signs $70bn immigration act ensuring ICE funding through 2029
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The Guardian reported that the House approved a $70 billion bill funding agencies leading Trump's immigration crackdown through September 2029, with $38 billion allocated to ICE and all Democrats voting no.

This shows the legislative outcome was expanded ICE funding despite Democratic opposition, not a taxpayer-funding prohibition.

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House Republicans approve $70bn bill for Trump's immigration crackdown
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The Guardian reported that Kim visited Delaney Hall, tried to de-escalate a confrontation with ICE, was pepper-sprayed, called the facility a failure, and said it should be shut down.

Kim took visible oversight and protest-related action against an ICE detention facility, but this did not enact a federal bar on taxpayer funding for large-scale ICE operations.

unresolved same_term A for effort

US senator says he was pepper-sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility
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In an interview, Kim said Congress was gathering to enable Delaney Hall-type enforcement through legislation, said he wanted to stop it, and criticized plans to flood ICE with tens of billions more taxpayer dollars.

Kim publicly opposed additional ICE funding and enforcement expansion, but the evidence describes an effort to stop funding, not a delivered funding prohibition.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Andy Kim Wants Delaney Hall to Outrage You
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