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On January 23rd, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved spending bills—with one exception. The vote on one of the funding bills, for continued funding for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) operations, was largely split along partisan lines.

Read NPR, ACLU, statement by Josh Riley.

All but seven Democrats voted to rebuke the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Josh Riley, NY-19’s representative, voted against the ICE funding.

"Having masked agents tearing apart and terrorizing families isn’t who we are, it doesn’t make us safer, and I won't support it."