From Daily Caller: Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is voicing pessimism about Congress reaching a spending deal for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), citing his own party’s opposition to funding immigration enforcement absent sweeping restrictions.
Fetterman told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a brief interview that congressional Democrats are unlikely to agree to another short-term patch for DHS that extends funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or a year-long spending agreement. Lawmakers have just nine days to strike a deal to fund the sprawling agency — overseeing the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and federal immigration enforcement — ahead of a Feb. 13 shutdown deadline.
“At this point, there may not be a Democratic appetite to vote for ICE [funding],” Fetterman told the DCNF, adding that he supports some changes to immigration enforcement.
Fetterman told the DCNF that he’s rejected calls from some of his colleagues to abolish ICE.
“I strongly reject this ‘Abolish ICE’ and some of the extremism about that,” Fetterman said. “We’ve [Democrats] been there before. They scream about it, and then they have to back away and disavow those views.”
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