releases: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-amendment-trades-dhs-green-funding-for-ice-detention
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| https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-amendment-trades-dhs-green-funding-for-ice-detention | Cotton Amendment Trades DHS “Green” Funding for ICE Detention | 2022-08-06 | 2022 | 2022-08 | Republican | Senate | AR | Tom Cotton | C001095 | www.cotton.senate.gov | cotton | https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases | scraper | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Arnold or Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353 August 6, 2022 Cotton Amendment Trades DHS “Green” Funding for ICE Detention Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced an amendment to the upcoming budget reconciliation bill that would cut $500 million currently allocated by the bill to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for “sustainability and environmental programs.” The amendment then directs $400 million to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detaining single, adult criminal aliens. Amendment text may be found here. “This bill funnels $500 million to DHS for something completely unrelated to its mission: doing the bidding of environmental activists. My amendment would take the Democrats’ green bucks and give it instead to our officers at ICE so they can get the illegal-immigration crisis under control,” said Cotton. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T02:59:24Z |