{"id":152770,"date":"2026-01-28T04:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:07:12","slug":"california-house-democrats-urge-senate-to-push-back-on-ice-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152770\/","title":{"rendered":"California House Democrats urge Senate to push back on ICE funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal government could face a partial shutdown starting Friday if Senate Democrats refuse to vote for a spending bill<\/a> that includes billions of dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans currently lack the 60 votes required to advance the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democratic Congressmembers Doris Matsui and Mike Thompson urged the Senate to reject the bill during a press conference Tuesday outside the John Moss Federal Building in downtown Sacramento. Protestors for weeks have rallied outside the building against the Trump administration\u2019s increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement tactics in places like Minnesota and California.<\/p>\n

Matsui, of Sacramento, said now is the time to stand up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe voted against the DHS bill, the funding bill,\u201d she said, referring to House Democrats. \u201cThe Senate now has their opportunity to do that. And I think that what they\u2019ve seen in Minneapolis will cause them to act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson, of Napa, said cracks are emerging among Republicans who typically align with the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw it with the Affordable Care Act tax credits,\u201d he said. \u201cWe saw it with his nonsensical talks about Greenland. We saw it with the War Powers Act that came up and we\u2019re seeing it now as well. Republicans better get on board or they\u2019re going to end up on the wrong side of history.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats in Congress are pushing for the DHS spending bill to include stronger training for ICE agents and for agents to have to identify themselves, among other measures.<\/p>\n

Republican leaders have blamed the recent unrest on sanctuary policies in states like Minnesota and California that limit cooperation between local and federal authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matsui and Thompson also called for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Thompson said recent killings involving federal agents in Minneapolis and Los Angeles show ICE has \u201cgone rogue.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re led by someone who is completely incompetent,\u201d he said. \u201cKristi Noem needs to go. She needs to quit, be fired or be impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Giselle Garcia with the immigrant advocacy group NorCal Resist said she doesn\u2019t expect Republicans to vote against additional funds for ICE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our monitoring of the issue, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re there yet, despite the level of violence that we\u2019re seeing across the board,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A NorCal Resist volunteer was hospitalized last Friday<\/a> after being attacked outside of the downtown Sacramento federal building, where ICE operates. Another man was allegedly hit by a DHS vehicle<\/a>, according to witnesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet, Garcia said the federal government\u2019s continued denial about abuses happening across the country and in Sacramento is frustrating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with the images on the ground in Minneapolis, what we\u2019ve seen in Chicago, LA and what\u2019s happening here in our own city, people are still trying to deny fact,\u201d she stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matsui has demanded transparency from DHS and called for an independent investigation into these incidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scott Stauffer regularly protests near the parking lot entrance ICE agents typically use. He said he was shocked about the killing of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti<\/a> over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Scott Stauffer Thursday, Jan. 27, 2025, near the John Moss Federal Building in downtown Sacramento.(Gerardo Zavala\/CapRadio) <\/p>\n

\u201cThe gun was never brandished or nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t about bringing a gun to a gun fight, it was about him being able to open carry, his Second Amendment, and he got killed for it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minnesota state law allows the concealed or open carry of handguns as long as the individual has a permit, which Pretti had<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stauffer, who said his van was recently vandalized<\/a> while he was protesting, said people\u2019s rights are being taken away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re a right-wing, centrist, liberal \u2014 it\u2019s not politics anymore,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cOnce your rights get taken away, that goes for everybody.\u201d <\/p>\n


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