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Rep. Roger Williams says Congress will address DHS funding after ICE airport deployments
Summary
In an interview Rep. Roger Williams said he expects Congress to act this week to fund the Department of Homeland Security after ICE agents were deployed to airports; he praised the agents’ flexibility and said federal workers should not have pay withheld.
Rep. Roger Williams, a Texas Republican who chairs the House Small Business Committee, said lawmakers would move quickly to address Department of Homeland Security funding after recent deployments of ICE agents to airports.
"I think we're going to have a big movement this week when we get back to get get it funded," Williams said, adding that the ICE agents "did make a huge difference by being in the airports." He said the government "should not be holding back pay on anybody that works for the government doing a service that these people are."
The comment came after the program host asked about ICE agents leaving airports and whether funding for DHS would be fully resolved. Williams framed the deployment as an example of agency flexibility and said Congress would discuss payment and staffing when it returns.
Williams did not offer a timeline or specific legislative text to secure funding in the interview. He described the expected action as a forthcoming effort by lawmakers rather than a completed appropriation. The interview closed without further details on votes or specific funding amounts.
