Ilhan Omar vows to oppose DHS funding over ICE enforcement

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she would oppose funding ahead of a House vote to fund the government by the Jan. 30 deadline, saying she would not approve giving more money to the Department of Homeland Security.

Omar voiced her opposition on X, saying she would not vote to financially support federal immigration agencies amid ongoing enforcement operations in her state.

“I will not vote to give a single cent to ICE,” she wrote. “No more blank checks for a dishonest agency that operates above the law, escalates violence and erodes our most fundamental freedoms.”

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and a Department of Homeland Security officer (Getty Images)

Omar and many Democratic officials have repeatedly expressed anger at the Trump administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over their crackdown on illegal immigrant criminals and the shooting of Renee Good, who federal authorities say was trying to ram an ICE agent with her vehicle.

ICE has targeted illegal immigrants with criminal records, but has faced opposition from local officials and anti-ICE agitators who have clashed with agents, sometimes violently.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., walks next to a photo of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, during a news conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus as they announce an effort to limit funding for the Department of Homeland Security at the Capitol in Washington on January 13, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Many Democrats called the operations illegal attacks on immigrants. However, the Trump administration released the names and criminal offenses, including convictions for violence and child sexual abuse, of some of those arrested.

On Tuesday, Congress unveiled a $1.2 trillion spending package that includes funding for several aspects of the federal government, but a partisan divide remains over funds for ICE.

But progressives have threatened to rebel over funding for ICE, which is included in the DHS portion of the bill.

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If passed by the House and Senate, the legislation, which combines four separate spending bills into a package called a “minibus,” would be the latest way for Congress to avoid another government shutdown.

Alex Miller, Elizabeth Elkind and Leo Briceno of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.