US EditionSenate Agrees to Take up Budget Resolution for Immigration Funds
The plan would let two Senate committees draft legislation to provide up to $140 billion for immigration enforcement, Republicans said.
- On a 52-46 party-line vote, the Senate agreed to proceed with a GOP-written budget resolution, initiating a reconciliation process to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol without Democratic guardrails.
- Republicans are utilizing this complex reconciliation process to approve three years of funding for immigration agencies, following stalled negotiations earlier this year when Democrats demanded new constraints after federal officers killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will use the amendment voting session to emphasize policy differences, arguing Congress should prioritize lowering costs for Americans rather than providing additional funding for deportation activities.
- President Donald Trump urged GOP lawmakers to unify against Democratic amendments, while Senators may utilize 50 hours of debate time in a session Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham expects to begin Thursday.
- The budget resolution directs committees to write legislation by May 15, providing up to $70 billion to sustain immigration agencies for 3.5 years, with the potential for up to $140 billion in total new spending across two authorizing committees.
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Senate agrees to take up budget resolution for immigration funds
The Senate voted Tuesday to take up a budget resolution that is designed to provide enough funding for immigration enforcement agencies through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. On a strictly party-line vote of 52-46, the Senate agreed to proceed to a GOP-written budget resolution that marks the first step in a cumbersome reconciliation […]
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