House Appropriations Committee backs Secure America Act for homeland security funding

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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole backs the Secure America Act for long-term funding of ICE, Border Patrol, and immigration enforcement operations.
Cole criticizes Senate Democrats for obstructing homeland security funding and accuses them of undermining the regular appropriations process and Article I authority.
Appropriations fight intensifies as FY27 markups approach, with Cole emphasizing standard budgeting over extraordinary measures to meet Congress's spending responsibilities.

Funding push tied to border security agenda

As reported by House Committee on Appropriations, Chairman Tom Cole says he supports the Secure America Act because it provides long-term funding for ICE personnel, Border Patrol staff, immigration enforcement operations and other homeland security priorities. Cole presents the legislation as part of a broader Republican effort to maintain resources for border and law enforcement agencies.

Cole says agents and officers face threats including terrorism, cartels, human trafficking and drug smuggling, and argues Congress should continue to fund those missions comprehensively. He also says House Republicans remain committed to backing personnel involved in protecting the homeland and local communities.

Appropriations fight sharpens before FY27 markups

Cole sharply criticizes Senate Democrats, accusing them of obstructing funding, contributing to government shutdowns and weakening the regular appropriations process. He argues that the Senate has elevated internal rules over its constitutional spending responsibilities and says that has eroded Article I authority.

He says he supports both the power of the purse and continued homeland security funding, while warning against extraordinary budget measures replacing standard appropriations work. Cole adds that as FY27 appropriations markups near completion, his decisions will remain focused on what he describes as Congress's obligations to the American people.

Our earlier coverage of the $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package explained how House Republicans moved the measure toward a vote after months of stalemate, with the plan focused on boosting resources for ICE and Customs and Border Protection. We noted that the proposal sparked sharp partisan conflict and internal GOP debate over whether it went far enough on enforcement, underscoring how border-security spending has become a central budget flashpoint in Washington.

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