Democrats won big on issues like immigration. But ICE still has the money

Following Tuesday's "blue wave," Democrats have vowed to reign in ICE's power. What could they actually accomplish?

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7840x5200+0+0/resize/7840x5200!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fef%2F04%2F306e17864f1eb9deaa70f95efa6d%2Fgettyimages-2262725884.jpg' alt='House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., speaks in front of a picture of Teyana Gibson Brown, confronting federal agents as they raid her Minneapolis home on February 23, 2026 in Washington, DC.'/><p>Following Tuesday's "blue wave," Democrats have vowed to reign in ICE's power. What could they actually accomplish?</p><p>(Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6032870' />