“It is simply disgraceful that Republican leaders in both chambers of Congress pushed through a measure that will add $70 billion more to ICE and CPB – two out-of-control federal agencies that are already over-funded and that are routinely violating the constitutional and human rights of people across this country. America’s moms are horrified that Congress and the Trump administration are ignoring the care and affordability crises that are undermining the health and wellbeing of millions of families, while instead pumping obscene amounts of our tax dollars into Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection with no constraints. Today’s House vote is truly outrageous.

“The country’s moms and families want lawmakers to fund care, not ICE. We want guardrails on the reckless, often lawless immigration enforcement that is separating families, putting children in detention, making baseless arrests, and detaining and murdering U.S. citizens. From Minneapolis to Dilley in Texas to Delaney Hall in New Jersey, and in so many other places, we have seen the abuses these agencies are committing. Lawmakers should rein them in, not reward them.

“We want our taxpayer dollars to go to health care and child care, not to fund human rights abuses against immigrants, who power our care workforce, our health care system, and our economy. Our nation needs a safe and orderly immigration process that balances compassion and security, not cuts to health care – and certainly not cruelty.

“We expect the lawmakers we elect to cut the cost of groceries, health care, child care, gas, utilities, and more. Like the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are letting the country down.”