Senate Republicans want assurance anti-weaponization fund is dead for good

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Senate Republicans say the Trump administration’s promise to “abide by” a court order blocking its controversial $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund does not go far enough, demanding assurances the program will be permanently scrapped.

“The only thing that’s going to solve this problem, to get immigration funded and law enforced, is for the president to do away with the weaponization fund,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said.

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