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EXPOSED: Democrat Admits Party 'HELD OUT' on DHS Funding to Sabotage Trump's ICE Operations

Gary FranchiApril 3, 2026161 views
EXPOSED: Democrat Admits Party 'HELD OUT' on DHS Funding to Sabotage Trump's ICE Operations
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Democrat Representative Mike Quigley just admitted what patriots already knew – his party deliberately sabotaged Department of Homeland Security funding to undermine President Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.

In a Thursday appearance on MSNBC's "Ana Cabrera Reports," the Illinois Democrat openly confessed that Democrats "held out" on critical DHS funding "because reforming ICE was extremely important to every American."

Think about that for a moment, folks. While Iran poses an increasingly "very dangerous" threat to our homeland – Quigley's own words – Democrats chose to play political games with our national security rather than support the brave men and women protecting our borders.

Trump Steps Up While Democrats Hold Paychecks Hostage

As the House failed to act after the Senate sent back its DHS funding bill, President Trump once again proved his leadership by announcing he would sign an executive order to ensure all DHS employees get paid despite Democrat obstruction.

Social media users quickly called out the Democrats' hypocrisy. One Twitter user sharing RNC Research noted: "Democrat Rep. Mike Quigley is mad President Trump is paying DHS employees while Democrats are holding their paychecks hostage. Democrats want to see you suffer."

That's exactly right. While Trump protects federal workers, Democrats are willing to sacrifice border security and employee paychecks to advance their open-borders agenda.

"The House took no action after the Senate sent its DHS funding bill back to the lower chamber. President Trump posted this morning that he will sign an executive order to pay all DHS employees," MSNBC reported.

The Real Agenda Exposed

Quigley's admission reveals the Democrats' true priority: dismantling ICE and crippling immigration enforcement while our nation faces serious threats. They're literally admitting they held our homeland security hostage to protect illegal immigrants from deportation.

This is the same party that spent four years calling Trump a threat to democracy, yet here they are openly sabotaging critical government functions for political gain.

How long will Americans tolerate Democrats putting illegal immigrants ahead of our national security and federal employees' livelihoods?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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PatriotMom2024Verifiedjust now
Finally someone admits what we all knew was happening! They put politics over national security and border protection.
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TexasRancherVerifiedjust now
Exactly! And they had the nerve to blame Trump for immigration problems while they were sabotaging enforcement.
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ConservativeVoter88Verifiedjust now
Not surprised at all but glad to see it confirmed. The question is - will there be any accountability for this?
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AmericaFirst2020Verifiedjust now
Probably not, the mainstream media will bury this story by tomorrow.
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DefendOurBordersVerifiedjust now
UNBELIEVABLE! They put partisan politics above our safety!
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SmallTownSheriffVerifiedjust now
I work in law enforcement and saw firsthand how ICE operations were hampered during those funding battles. This explains a lot about what my colleagues were dealing with at the federal level.
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BorderSecurityFirstVerifiedjust now
This is why we can't trust them with DHS funding. They literally admitted to holding hostage the agencies responsible for keeping us safe just to spite the previous administration.