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Hoyer tells Southern Maryland delegation he will withhold ICE funding until reforms, cites Potomac sewage spill and fights to keep FBI site
Summary
At a Southern Maryland delegation meeting in February 2026, Congressman Steny Hoyer called for defunding ICE pending reforms, urged funding for other Homeland Security components, raised concerns about a major sewage spill into the Potomac and said he is fighting to keep a planned FBI site in Maryland.
Congressman Steny Hoyer told the Southern Maryland delegation that he supports withholding funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement until the agency adopts reforms and its conduct aligns with constitutional policing.
"That shutdown ... results from, as all of you know, the actions of the ICE, not only in Minneapolis but around the country in terms of its assault on people, American citizens, warrantless, arrests, and breaking into homes," Hoyer said, describing what he called unacceptable tactics. He added that "we're not gonna fund, them," while stressing his intention to fund other parts…
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