LUJAN STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN PUSH TO FUND AN OUT-OF-CONTROL ICE AND CBP WHILE DOING NOTHING TO LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans passed a partisan budget resolution that pours up to $140 billion into ICE and Border Patrol without any accountability while doing nothing to lower costs for American families:

"At a time when high prices squeeze New Mexicans at every turn, my Republican colleagues should focus on lowering costs for American families. Instead, they are advancing a partisan bill that hands up to $140 billion to ICE and CBP with no reforms, accountability, or justice.

"Life is becoming more difficult and more expensive for families in New Mexico ...