Johnson and Thune adopt two-track plan to fund DHS after Democrats strip ICE and Border Patrol funding

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader John Thune announced a two-track strategy to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, pairing the Senate-passed stopgap bill with a reconciliation package that would fund ICE and Border Patrol for the next three years. The move aims to reopen most DHS operations immediately while routing immigration [] The post Johnson and Thune adopt two-track plan to fund DHS after Democrats strip ICE and Border Patrol funding appeared first on Conservative Institute.