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#news GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski voted to defund ICE, while 20 Republican senators voted to keep giving billions of dollars to refugees including Majority Leader John Thune

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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on the hot seat, along with Susan Collins (ME), for voting with Democrats to repeal $75 billion in ICE funding approved last year, and send it to fraud riddled programs like Medicaid.

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Meanwhile 20 republican senators have voted to keep giving billions of dollars to refugees despite the $9 billion Somali Migrant fraud schemes that were uncovered in Minnesota.

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The group rejected an amendment by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that would have eliminated $5.1 billion in refugee welfare funding from the major government spending package.

Paul's amendment failed 32-67, with all Democrats opposing it and a split among Republicans—32 supporting the cut and 20 voting to keep sending tax dollars to refugees .

The 20 GOP senators who voted to keep the refugee funding are:

John Boozman (AR)

Shelley Moore Capito (WV)

Susan Collins (ME)

Joni Ernst (IA)

Deb Fischer (NE)

Lindsey Graham (SC)

Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)

Mitch McConnell (KY)

Jerry Moran (KS)

Markwayne Mullin (OK)

Lisa Murkowski (AK)