This would cause some major issues for ICE and @IngrahamAngle is on the mark here. 1- yes it takes away ICE funding and puts it on a standalone, the loneliest funding stream possibly for the future. It also opens up ICE to conditions imposed via Republicans in reconciliation, something already signaled. Not to mention the giant scalp the left is taking here in proving they can scare Rs into abandoning ICE. OBB was a surge of money for a mission desperately needing scaling to meet the challenge of the amount of illegals, now they want to put its regular funding stream in perpetual question. 2- this would cause irreparable harm w/in ICE. It essentially would create two separate agencies. Allowing Congress to dictate how an agency’s resources can be operationally used in this way will set a horrible precedent. The litigation this opens up will be crippling, and the left is better situated with the judiciary and external litigation functions to make that happen. 3- it gives Democrats the major victory of essentially taking money from ICE out of OBB since regular funding in jeopardy moving forward. This will be a huge boon for their base turnout as compared to a Trump base that is frustrated on pace of deportations. It doesn't "diffuse" as much as it rewards Democrats and RINOs. 4- "don't talk about mass deportation" was the noise, this is the legislative signal 5- takes the wind out from the sails of the Save America Act by subjecting it to the same uncertainty of the reconciliation process. We need to keep Save America Act on floor not to run away from it. There is a reason why Democrats will like this.
