WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Member of the Senate Budget Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, denounced Senate Republicans' actions to bypass the appropriations process to hand ICE and CBP an additional $140 billion to continue terrorizing communities across the United States.
"Instead of addressing high costs for working families as they get squeezed at the gas pump, at the grocery store, and at the pharmacy, Republicans remain obsessed with giving another $140 billion to lawless immigration agencies that are still sitting on $103 billion in unspent funds from last year's Big Ugly Bill. This reckless bud...