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. After securing a 12th term in Texas’s 28th Congressional District in an unexpected landslide victory, Cuellar is now poised to chair the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, which will offer him a key voice in how funding for ICE is allocated.

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