House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- The House narrowly passed a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill, primarily supporting ICE and Border Patrol, which now awaits President Trump's signature to advance his deportation agenda.
- The bill allocates $38 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Border Patrol, and $5 billion for unforeseen costs, frontloading funds to ensure uninterrupted operations over the next three years.
- Democrats opposed the bill, criticizing it as a "slush fund" for ICE with no accountability or reforms despite past concerns over enforcement practices and immigrant deaths.
- The legislation follows a prolonged standoff over Homeland Security funding that caused the agency's longest shutdown, and it passed with nearly all Republican votes and no Democratic support.
- The funding comes amid leadership changes at Homeland Security and increased pressure on the Trump administration to escalate deportations and restrict legal immigration pathways.