Washington, June 9 -- Congressman Joe Morelle issued the following press release:

Today, Congressman Joe Morelle issued the following statement after his "NO" vote on Republican-led legislation that fully funds Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while failing to address the issues families face every day:

"Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans promised to lower costs for working families. Instead, they've passed a bill that cuts healthcare, threatens food assistance, and makes life harder for families-all to bankroll ICE's mass deportation agenda and hand out more tax breaks to the wealthy.

"Here in Rochester, we've seen the fear and uncertainty ICE's actions have created for immigrant families who are our neighbors, coworke...