Senate Passes $70 Billion ICE Funding Bill

Republicans in the upper chamber cleared the money for immigration enforcement. Now they have to do it again in the House where Johnson's majority is essentially a moot point.

Jun 05, 2026

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WASHINGTON — The Senate handed President Donald Trump $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol (CBP) before 5 a.m. Friday — a multi-year funding package Republicans rammed through on a party-one reconciliation vote, no Democratic support required. The final tally: 52-47.

But the vote was only half the battle. The bill now moves to the House, where a GOP conference that has spent months fighting itself over the shape, size, and contents of this legislation is waiting.

Senate Passes $70 Billion ICE Funding Bill

Republicans in the upper chamber cleared the money for immigration enforcement. Now they have to do it again in the House where Johnson's majority is essentially a moot point.

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