Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson called on Republicans to pass a bill funding the agency past February without the amendments aimed at the president’s November immigration order.
“The Homeland Security budget of this government should not be a political football,” Johnson said at the Wilson Center in Washington. “I urge Congress to pass a bill funding the DHS free and clear of politically charged amendments.”
Funding for the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) runs out by the end of February, and the president has vowed he would veto any funding bill that would rollback any parts of his November immigration order, which would shield 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and give them work permits.
