McGovern: DHS, TSA Shutdown Due to Trump ‘Insisting on Doubling Down on Funding ICE and CBP’, ‘I Don’t Want to Fund ICE’

March 18, 2026
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) just dropped a bombshell on CBS's The Takeout, admitting outright: I don't want to fund ICE. He's pinning the blame for a potential DHS and TSA shutdown squarely on President Trump for insisting on doubling down on funding ICE and CBP, while McGovern himself has signed onto a discharge petition to fund everything else—TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA—but deliberately leaving Immigration and Customs Enforcement out in the cold. This isn't just partisan sniping; it's a raw confession from a ranking Democrat that exposes the left's selective approach to national security funding, where border enforcement is the expendable villain. Digging deeper, McGovern's stance reeks of the same ideological blind spot that plagues anti-2A crusaders: a willingness to defund tools of law and order when they don't align with open-borders fantasies. ICE and CBP aren't just about immigration—they're frontline defenders against cartel smuggling operations that flood our streets with fentanyl and illegal firearms trafficking. Remember Operation Fast and Furious? ATF's botched gunwalking scandal under Obama armed Mexican cartels with thousands of U.S. weapons, many of which boomeranged back as crime guns. Beefing up ICE and CBP directly combats this pipeline, tracing and seizing smuggled firearms that end up in criminal hands, protecting law-abiding gun owners from the inevitable crackdowns that follow rising violence. McGovern's I don't want to fund ICE is code for letting chaos fester, which always leads to calls for more gun control on Americans while ignoring the real threats. For the 2A community, this is a clarion call: Trump's push to fortify ICE and CBP isn't optional—it's a firewall against the border gun pipeline that anti-gunners exploit to demonize our rights. If Democrats like McGovern succeed in starving these agencies, expect skyrocketing cartel firepower, more gun violence epidemics blamed on legal owners, and renewed assaults on the Second Amendment. Stand with Trump on this funding fight; it's not just about borders—it's about preserving our gun rights amid the fallout of their neglect. Time to amplify this clip far and wide.

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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) just dropped a bombshell on CBS’s The Takeout, admitting outright: I don’t want to fund ICE. He’s pinning the blame for a potential DHS and TSA shutdown squarely on President Trump for insisting on doubling down on funding ICE and CBP, while McGovern himself has signed onto a discharge petition to fund everything else—TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA—but deliberately leaving Immigration and Customs Enforcement out in the cold. This isn’t just partisan sniping; it’s a raw confession from a ranking Democrat that exposes the left’s selective approach to national security funding, where border enforcement is the expendable villain.

Digging deeper, McGovern’s stance reeks of the same ideological blind spot that plagues anti-2A crusaders: a willingness to defund tools of law and order when they don’t align with open-borders fantasies. ICE and CBP aren’t just about immigration—they’re frontline defenders against cartel smuggling operations that flood our streets with fentanyl and illegal firearms trafficking. Remember Operation Fast and Furious? ATF’s botched gunwalking scandal under Obama armed Mexican cartels with thousands of U.S. weapons, many of which boomeranged back as crime guns. Beefing up ICE and CBP directly combats this pipeline, tracing and seizing smuggled firearms that end up in criminal hands, protecting law-abiding gun owners from the inevitable crackdowns that follow rising violence. McGovern’s I don’t want to fund ICE is code for letting chaos fester, which always leads to calls for more gun control on Americans while ignoring the real threats.

For the 2A community, this is a clarion call: Trump’s push to fortify ICE and CBP isn’t optional—it’s a firewall against the border gun pipeline that anti-gunners exploit to demonize our rights. If Democrats like McGovern succeed in starving these agencies, expect skyrocketing cartel firepower, more gun violence epidemics blamed on legal owners, and renewed assaults on the Second Amendment. Stand with Trump on this funding fight; it’s not just about borders—it’s about preserving our gun rights amid the fallout of their neglect. Time to amplify this clip far and wide.

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