
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on Tuesday morning quickly approved their recommendations for the fiscal year 2025 budget for the Department of Homeland Security with the full committee set to take up the proposal on June 12. The $64.8 billion bill passed by voice vote but lacks bipartisan support as subcommittee Democrats oppose the proposed funding, complaining among other things that it strips $2.1 billion from Border Patrol operations, eliminates the Shelter and Services Program that provides humanitarian support…