Democrats are right to refuse support for a funding bill that props up a Department of Homeland Security increasingly divorced from law, accountability, and basic decency. This is not a routine budget dispute. It is a moral line being drawn.
DHS today is not merely underfunded or overstretched; it is empowered without restraint. From aggressive immigration enforcement to surveillance practices that erode civil liberties, the department has expanded its reach while evading meaningful oversight. Funding it blindly is not governance — it is complicity.
Republicans demand “security” funding with no conditions, no transparency, and no reforms. Democrats should reject that false choice. Public safety does not require abandoning constitutional principles, nor does border policy require the normalization of abuse and excess force. A funding bill that ignores these realities asks lawmakers to trade values for expediency.
Refusing to back this bill is not obstruction. It is leverage — the only tool available to force accountability and insist on guardrails. Democrats must use it.
Budgets reflect priorities. If Congress continues to bankroll DHS without limits or reform, it signals that power matters more than rights. Drawing a hard line now is not risky. What’s risky is pretending this is just another funding vote when it clearly is not.
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