Senate Republicans unveil immigration funding framework
CNBC • • general
Key Points:
- Senate Republicans introduced a budget resolution to fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the end of President Trump's term, aiming to bypass Democratic opposition.
- The resolution sets a $70 billion cap for Homeland Security and Judiciary committees to draft final immigration enforcement bills, with a June 1 deadline for passage of a final funding bill.
- Democrats oppose the resolution, criticizing it for providing significant funding to ICE and CBP without reforms or accountability measures following the deaths of two U.S. citizens during immigration enforcement actions.
- The DHS partial shutdown began in February after Democrats refused to fund ICE and parts of CBP, and efforts to reach a funding deal have stalled amid ongoing disagreements over immigration policy.
- Previous bipartisan attempts to fund all DHS agencies except ICE and Border Patrol failed in the Senate, and a House-passed stopgap funding measure did not secure enough Senate votes, prolonging the shutdown.
