June 9, 2026, Fairfax—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising the House and Senate for completing its work on a second reconciliation bill, this time, to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the end of President Donald Trump’s second term of office:
“Congressional Democrats’ counterproductive shutdown to nowhere is finally over for good. Rather than negotiating with Republicans for reforms that were clearly available via the bipartisan appropriations process where some of everyone’s priorities get funded, they instead opted to leave Republicans with no other choice than to pass on a partisan basis budget reconciliation long term funding for ICE and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term of office. Such that, even if Democrats win one or both chambers of Congress in 2026, they will be unable to defund these agencies or their important immigration enforcement functions President Trump was elected to enforce. Even if such bills passed, they’d just be vetoed.
“Indeed, so uncooperative, and predictably obstructive are Democrats in their temper tantrum over President Trump’s 2024 reelection and enforcing sovereign borders — threatening even more government shutdowns when they are empowered with majorities — Republicans are wisely considering passing a third reconciliation measure to ensure vital national concerns including Iran are properly addressed for the next two and a half years.
“Democrats campaigned that they would never vote for President Trump’s immigration enforcement and now they never have to again. Problem solved.
“Anyone can see the level of dysfunction that awaits the American people in 2027 and beyond, and Congressional Republicans are wise to preemptively deal with it. To undo any of it, they’d need to win veto-proof majorities in both chambers. Democrats won’t even come close to that. Fill everything up to the rim and let the American people decide in 2026, 2028 and beyond.”
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