UnidosUS Condemns Senate Passage of Blank Check for ICE and CBP

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50-48 vote unlocks path to $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding with no accountability, no guardrails, and no input from the communities that will bear the consequences

WASHINGTON DC — Following the Senate’s passage of the budget resolution advancing expanded immigration enforcement funding, Eric Rodriguez, senior vice president of policy and advocacy at UnidosUS, issued the following statement:

“The Senate budget resolution is the first step toward pouring tens of billions of dollars more into immigration enforcement with no accountability and no guardrails. This is another blank check for ICE and CBP.  These funds will continue to fuel indiscriminate mass deportation efforts that have caused serious undue harm to Latino families and American communities across the country. Senators voted for more warrantless home entries, more masked agents operating without identification, and more abuse of citizens and non-citizens with zero consequences for officials who violate constitutional rights.

“Latino families are not asking for this and do not support this. Across the country, Americans are calling for relief on housing prices, jobs and the cost of living. This resolution would divert taxpayer dollars away from those real needs and toward policies that erode both economic security and civil rights.

“UnidosUS stands firmly opposed to this resolution. We will not stop fighting until any new DHS funding comes with enforceable guardrails: judicial warrants, clear agent identification, body cameras with public access, protections for schools, churches and hospitals, and strict limits on data misuse. We are mobilizing our Affiliates across the country and will be taking their stories directly to Congress.

“Lawmakers need to hear from the communities they serve. We will make sure they do.”

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