Representative Seth Moulton has launched a bold legislative attack on the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stating that the agency's budget should be slashed to pay for health care. The Massachusetts Democrat introduced a bill on Wednesday that would strip billions of dollars from the immigration agency and use the money to restore tax credits for health insurance that recently expired. Moulton has declared this issue important enough to risk shutting down the federal government.
The proposal comes at a time of high tension in Washington. Public anger is growing following the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month. At the same time, Congress is racing against a deadline of 30 January to agree on a spending plan or face another government shutdown.
