Rep. Chu Votes Against ICE Funding as Republicans Reject Bipartisan Deal

WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) voted against the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7147, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026, which passed by a vote of 213-203. 

“I once again refuse to support legislation that increases funding to ICE, an uncontrolled rogue agency that has brutalized our communities and killed American citizens in their reign of violence and fear. House Republicans had the opportunity in front of them to end the DHS shut down, and to fund employees at vital security agencies like TSA, FEMA, and CISA -- employees who have been working without a paycheck to keep the American people safe.

Instead, they chose to reject a bipartisan deal unanimously passed by the Senate, leaving tens of thousands of Americans without pay, all in the name of funding an agency that is actively harming Americans with no oversight and no accountability.

I refuse to cave to Republicans' continued efforts to strongarm more funding for ICE, especially when the Senate has already agreed on a deal to end this crisis. I continue to stand with immigrants and all Americans, and will work to ensure that ICE and the Trump administration are held accountable.”