Ted Cruz Suggests Splitting ICE, CBP Funding from DHS Funding

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) suggested that funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) be split from funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Cruz made the suggestion during an interview with the Hill, explaining that “Democrats have gotten so extreme and unreasonable,” that he doesn’t think that they will come around to funding DHS without changes being made to ICE. The Texas senator brought up the idea of having ICE and CBP be funded “through reconciliation.”

“If that’s where the Democrats are, I’ve suggested let’s fund ICE and CBP through reconciliation,” Cruz told the outlet. “That Republicans can do with just 50 votes, we can do that relatively quickly and the Democrat lunacy on open borders can be put to an end.”

Cruz also brought up how “There have been four domestic attacks by radical Islamic terrorists,” adding that DHS — which is