The U.S. House of Representatives passed a modified spending package Tuesday that the Senate delivered Friday, officially ending the brief government shutdown that began Saturday — though most Americans barely noticed the federal theater.
While Congress managed to avoid their usual last-minute crisis for once, the devil is in the details. And those details should have every Trump supporter asking tough questions about whether establishment Republicans just kneecapped President Trump's signature deportation operation.
Where's the ICE Funding?
This marks the first time in years Congress actually did its job and passed a fiscal year budget without the usual stopgap drama. But here's what patriots need to know: if ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — got shortchanged in this deal, then Trump's mass deportation promise just got a lot harder to fulfill.
The timing couldn't be worse. With Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem working overtime to secure our borders and Stephen Miller coordinating the largest deportation operation in American history, ICE agents need every resource they can get. Instead, they may have just been hung out to dry by the very Republicans who campaigned on border security.
"We can't drain the swamp with one hand tied behind our back," one immigration enforcement source told conservative media. "If Congress won't fund the mission, how are we supposed to send these illegals home?"
RINO Betrayal or Strategic Move?
The big question now is whether this represents another classic RINO betrayal of the America First agenda, or if Trump's team has a different strategy in mind. Maybe they're planning to reallocate funds through executive action, or perhaps they've found creative ways to fund deportations without relying on a Congress that still has too many swamp creatures.
Either way, the American people deserve answers. We voted for mass deportations, not more government funding games that leave our immigration enforcers begging for scraps.
What do you think, patriots — is this just congressional incompetence, or did the establishment Republicans just stab Trump in the back again?