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Senate Immigration Debate Erupts: Personal Attacks Ignite Chaos

9/26/2025

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In a Wisconsin Senate immigration-bill debate, Democrat Tim Carpenter called Republican chair Chris Kapenga a "coward."
Carpenter opposed a bill restricting public healthcare funding for illegal immigrants, citing a deported migrant woman.
Kapenga urged decorum and a focus on the bill, not personal attacks.
The session ended with Kapenga gaveling out amid chaotic cross-talk, underscoring immigration-policy tensions and Trump-era changes.

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Story summary

In a Wisconsin Senate immigration-bill debate, Democrat Tim Carpenter called Republican chair Chris Kapenga a "coward."
Carpenter opposed a bill restricting public healthcare funding for illegal immigrants, citing a deported migrant woman.
Kapenga urged decorum and a focus on the bill, not personal attacks.
The session ended with Kapenga gaveling out amid chaotic cross-talk, underscoring immigration-policy tensions and Trump-era changes.