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FEMA earmarks threatened by immigration funding standoff
The ongoing fight over fiscal 2026 funding for immigration enforcement is threatening millions of dollars in home-state earmarks for disaster preparedness projects.Â
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The ongoing fight over fiscal 2026 funding for immigration enforcement is threatening millions of dollars in home-state earmarks for disaster preparedness projects.Â
"It's 2026. Nothing has happened." ↵↵"I just haven't seen any evidence in our committees of Republicans being interested in this issue," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said during the same briefing.
↵↵Congress stripped out that Homeland Security portion from a fiscal 2026 spending package and agreed to a short-term extension of current funding levels to negotiate.
↵↵A DOJ account replied: "Not a chance, Gavin — we will stop your DEI districts for 2026."
In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the EPA and Transportation Department would freeze the standards at 2020 levels through 2026.
Funding for Medicaid expansion in 31 states and the District of Columbia through 2026 also would come from those allotments.