REPUBLICANS BLOCK CORTEZ MASTO AMENDMENT TO REDIRECT $31 BILLION IN EXCESSIVE ICE FUNDING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

Tonight, during debate on the Republican funding bill that will hand another $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) forced a vote on her amendment that would have redirected $31 billion in ICE funding to local law enforcement. Republicans blocked the amendment from passing.

"Americans don't need thousands of federal agents terrorizing their streets. They need local police they can trust to follow the laws they're enforcing," said Senator Cortez Masto. "That's why my amendment would take this excessive funding for ICE and redirect it toward the COPS Hiring Program, so we can...