Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund
The measure funds the agencies for three years after Republicans defeated amendments targeting a disputed $1.776 billion settlement fund.
- On Friday, the Senate passed a $70 billion bill funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for three years, ending weeks of delays caused by backlash over an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund.
- Republicans spent almost a full day debating the $1.776 billion settlement fund, even after Attorney General Todd Blanche stated earlier this week that the payments would not go forward.
- The Senate narrowly defeated multiple amendments, including Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy's proposal to redirect settlement money to law enforcement injured on Jan. 6, 2021, and Thom Tillis's plan to move funds to a DOJ account.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized Republicans for "leaving taxpayers to rely on nothing more than a promise from Donald Trump's personal fixer," as the legislation advances to the House.
- The settlement's legal status remains contested and could face House amendments or court challenges, while political disputes over immigration enforcement tactics persist as the measure addresses funding lapsed since mid-February.
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This budget text, which was opposed by the Democrats as a whole, must now be approved by the House of Representatives.
Senate passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement, without limits on Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation early Friday to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, after intense bipartisan backlash over a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund threatened to derail the bill
Senate passes USD 70-billion immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund - The Tribune
The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated USD 1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
Senate Passes $70 Billion Border-Enforcement Bill Without Killing Trump Fund
Republican senators stopped short of using their political leverage to kill President Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, approving a critical immigration-enforcement bill without adding language reining in the controversial program.
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