Senate Republicans Eye Half-Trillion Dollar Immigration Enforcement Pivot

Sen. Graham's budget resolution amendment would ramp up ICE, starve aid for the vulnerable.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Budget Committee’s proposed budget resolution for fiscal year 2025 would, if passed, significantly reshape federal immigration policy by slashing funding for humanitarian and legal assistance to immigrants while expanding resources for border enforcement and detention infrastructure.

The House passed its budget bill, House Con. Res. 14, and sent it to the Senate. Budget Committee chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) replaced it with his own version, Amendment No. 1717, which the Senate is now voting on. A series of votes is underway to amend Graham’s substitute budget, making for a complex legislative process.