US House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol - Reuters

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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump's administration. The 214-212 vote, which was roughly along party lines, sends the partisan legislation to the White House for Trump's signature. Representative Kevin Kiley, a former Republican who has become an independent, joined Democrats to oppose the measure. The Republican-led Senate passed the same bill late last week after a marathon voting session. Republicans used a fast-track process known as reconciliation, which allowed them to circumvent opposition from Senate Democrats.

The House narrowly passed a $70 billion budget package ending a four-month lapse in funding for immigration enforcement agencies, capping a fight that exposed tensions between President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The package will now head to Trump’s desk to be signed into law. The House voted 214-212 to pass the bill along party lines after Republicans quickly overcame a delay earlier in the day during the vote on a procedural measure to move forward on the package. The bill sends nearly money to two federal agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

Federal agencies responsible for immigration enforcement are set to receive tens of billions more dollars after Congress voted to fund them not just for the year, but through the rest of President Trump's term. The House narrowly voted on Tuesday to direct roughly $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the second multi-billion dollar infusion of money to the agencies in the last year muscled through by Republicans alone. The measure passed by a vote of 214 to 212. The vote marks the end of a 115 day standoff over immigration policy. After federal officers shot and killed two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year, Democrats refused to back more funding for ICE and Border Patrol, with the goal of forcing changes to immigration enforcement tactics.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump's administration.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years, sending it to President Donald Trump for signature. The bill provides $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26 billion for the Border Patrol, and $5 billion for unexpected costs, reinforcing Trump’s deportation agenda. The legislation follows months of congressional deadlock, including the longest-ever shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats continue to argue that the funding lacks necessary reforms and oversight, while Republicans frame it as essential for law enforcement and national security.

A longstanding political stalemate in the U.S. Congress over money for immigration enforcement ended on Tuesday, when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump's administration. The 214-212 vote, which was roughly along party lines, sends the partisan legislation to the White House for Trump's signature. Representative Kevin Kiley, a former Republican who has recently become an independent, joined Democrats to oppose the measure. The Republican-led Senate passed the same bill late last week after a marathon voting session. Republicans used a fast-track process known as reconciliation, which allowed them to circumvent opposition from Senate Democrats.