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Lawmaker questions why billions for ICE and CBP remain unobligated
Summary
A lawmaker cited the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) monthly report and SF-133 forms to say roughly $103 billion of funds Congress approved for ICE and Customs and Border Protection remain unobligated and asked why additional funding is being requested instead of addressing domestic costs for families.
A lawmaker said that large portions of funds Congress approved about 10 months earlier for immigration enforcement have not been obligated and questioned why new money is being sought for those agencies instead of addressing domestic cost pressures.
According to the speaker, the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) monthly "report on budget execution" and SF-133 forms show that of the additional allocations Congress approved roughly 10 months ago—$75 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $65 billion for Customs and Border Protection (CBP)"63 billion of the ICE spending has not been obligated yet" and "40 billion is not yet obligated," leaving "103 billion dollars ... still available," the lawmaker said. The speaker added: "So, why the hell is the top priority in America getting another ... dollars for these two agencies as opposed to addressing all the significant national challenges that we have."
The speaker contrasted the unobligated funds with issues affecting families, naming the rising costs of fuel, health care, housing and medicine and asked why the bill under discussion did not address those concerns. The remarks cited OMBreporting and SF-133 forms as the source for the unobligated figures.
The transcript segment contains those assertions and a rhetorical challenge but does not record an official response, a motion, or any vote tied to this exchange. The speaker's numeric totals are presented as coming from OMB reporting and SF-133 forms; one phrase in the original remarks was unclear in the transcript and has been omitted here to avoid misstatement.
No formal action or decision on funding is recorded in this segment of the transcript.
