Lawmaker vows Republicans will keep ICE funded, continue deportations

A lawmaker recorded in a short transcript criticized Democratic immigration policies and vowed that Republicans would ensure continued funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and pursue deportations, the remarks show.

The remarks, which appear in a single-speaker transcript with no date or forum identified, centered on sharp partisan accusations and an explicit pledge on enforcement funding. No motions, votes or other speakers are recorded in the excerpt.

"So much of Democrat policy is in fact based on flooding American communities with hostile foreigners, putting their interests above the interests of the American people, and weaponizing them politically for electoral gain," the lawmaker said. "It's absolutely grotesque, and yet we deal with it every single day."

The speaker directly addressed enforcement funding: "What we are not going to do as Republicans is we're not going to allow Democrats to defund ICE. We're going to make sure that our ICE agent and immigration enforcement is funded properly, the way it should be, so that we can continue deporting illegal aliens, no matter what Democrats think about it," the lawmaker said.

The lawmaker added that "there's a few more steps that we have in front of us to get a deal done. We're going to get it done, whether Democrats like it or not, and um we're going to keep fighting because we're not going to allow Democrats to hold this country hostage uh for the sake of their own perverse political ambitions." The transcript ends with the speaker saying, "so, with that said, thank you."

The transcript does not identify the speaker by name, specify the venue or date of the remarks, or record any formal actions. Because the excerpt contains only one voice and no procedural items, there is no record in the text of votes, motions, or a committee or body conducting business.