Coverage dated November 9, 2026

Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar, Set to Lead ICE Funding Panel, Rejects Party’s ‘Abolish ICE’ Faction

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The midterm elections handed Democrats a sweeping victory. But underneath the champagne toasts and victory laps, something ugly is festering. A fresh battalion of Democratic...

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Washington Examiner
House Democrat poised to oversee ICE funding resists progressive push to abolish agency (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Nov 9, 2026
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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) this week pressed back against the growing progressive push in his party to abolish or defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Democratic lawmaker is known as a more centrist member of Congress and hails from a border district with swing tendencies.
GOP Daily Brief
Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar, Set to Lead ICE Funding Panel, Rejects Party’s ‘Abolish ICE’ Faction (opens GOP Daily Brief)
Published Nov 9, 2026
GOP Daily Brief's feed description
The midterm elections handed Democrats a sweeping victory. But underneath the champagne toasts and victory laps, something ugly is festering. A fresh battalion of Democratic...