The Senate Judiciary Committee released its reconciliation bill, tacking $1 billion for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project and $70 billion for Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP).
Public Citizen Co-President Lisa Gilbert issued the following statement:
“The idea of using a simple majority process to fund billions more in ICE cruelty is abhorrent, but now the Senate has piled corrupt absurdity on top of that inhumane move, by adding in 1 billion dollars to fund the grandiose, bombastic, vanity project—the golden White House ballroom. Using taxpayer dollars to toady to a wannabe-dictator is both pandering and pathetic.”
This content originally appeared on Common Dreams and was authored by Newswire Editor.
Newswire Editor | Radio Free (2026-05-05T17:28:17+00:00) Senate Republicans Pander to Trump in Reconciliation Bill, Throwing Billions More to ICE and Trump’s Tacky Ballroom. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2026/05/05/senate-republicans-pander-to-trump-in-reconciliation-bill-throwing-billions-more-to-ice-and-trumps-tacky-ballroom/
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