Senate Republicans Pass $70B Immigration Enforcement Funding After 18-Hour Vote
Executive Briefing
- Advances roughly $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, funded through the end of Trump's presidency
- Reveals internal GOP rifts over a controversial $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund tied to a Trump lawsuit settlement
- Shows three Republican senators sided with Democrats on an amendment to kill the fund, exposing reelection vulnerabilities
- Ends a record 76-day DHS shutdown, the longest agency shutdown in U.S. government history
- Moves to the House for a vote as early as next week, with Trump's stance on the fund remaining unclear
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