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Bipartisan block: Senate shoots down Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s $5 billion refugee funding cut
The U.S. Senate moved one step closer to averting a government shutdown Friday, though not without a sharp internal dust-up over federal spending. In a 32-67 vote, lawmakers rejected a high-profile amendment from Senator Rand Paul that sought to strip $5.
The U.S. is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't negotiate a DHS funding measure. How Kentucky senators voted.
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Paul calls on leaders of ICE, Border Protection and Immigration Services to testify before Senate
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has sent letters to the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to testify before his committee amid growing public controversy over immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and other communities.
Sen. Rand Paul questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday morning during a hearing about Venezeula in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Paul tried to get Rubio to admit the administration's arguments justifying the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro were a "ruse,
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Rand Paul and Marco Rubio Battle It Out Over Whether Trump Committed an ‘Act of War’: ‘It’s a Ruse!’
Rand Paul pressed Marco Rubio on whether Trump's recent actions justify a foreign country indicting him and then entering the United States to capture him.
Paul introduced the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act to end taxpayer benefits for refugees, asylees and illegal immigrants. As previously reported by The Center Square, nearly $6 billion in continual funding for refugees is poised to be approved.
As Homeland Security chair, the Kentucky Republican has significant power to shape Congress’ response to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
The letters follow the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen shot by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis.
Sen. Rand Paul calls for an independent investigation and testimony regarding death of ICU nurse shot by a border patrol agent.
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) on Monday asked top officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and Citizenship and Immigration Services to testify before a Senate committee next month.
Sen. Rand Paul's, R-Ky., request comes on the heels of the latest fatal shooting involving a border patrol agent, though his inquiry is more focused on the billions flowing to DHS.