{"id":1708,"date":"2026-06-04T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:06:16","slug":"gop-immigration-bill-runs-into-turbulence-amid-backlash-to-trumps-1-8-billion-anti-weaponization-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1708","title":{"rendered":"GOP immigration bill runs into turbulence amid backlash to Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<button><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has stalled amid GOP concerns over Trump&#8217;s controversial &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund.<\/li>\n<li>The $1.8 billion fund would compensate people who claim to have been victimized by the governments, but critics say it would amount to a slush fund for Trump allies.<\/li>\n<li>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has told lawmakers the administration is not moving forward with the fund, but Trump has continued to defend it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The push to pass a $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has temporarily stalled, with Senate GOP leaders stuck in talks with a trio of Republican holdouts who are so far refusing to vote down a Democratic attempt to kill the Trump administration\u2019s controversial \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1706\">Tracking the firings, resignations and other impacts from the Epstein files<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Inside the Senate chamber, Majority Leader John Thune and his deputies have spent much of the last hour on the floor in talks with key Republicans over concerns with how to handle Trump\u2019s fund to compensate people who claim to have been victimized by the federal government. One, Sen. Susan Collins, has already voted with Democrats on the effort. Three others have not yet voted on the Democratic push \u2014 forcing leaders to hold up a vote for more than an hour that they\u2019d previously been confident would be defeated.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Those Republicans are Sen. Bill Cassidy \u2014 who has become a thorn in Trump\u2019s side since recently losing his primary \u2014 and Sens. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Jon Husted of Ohio, who are both in competitive races.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At several points in the conversation, Cassidy appeared to raise questions to Thune and his fellow leaders.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Senate Democrats forced the vote \u2013 which is still ongoing \u2013 at the start of a marathon voting session known as \u201cvote-a-rama,\u201d a process that allows votes on amendments the GOP immigration bill ahead of final passage. If an amendment seeking to kill the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund is added, that could jeopardize the immigration enforcement funding package, a key Trump priority.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The vote puts Republicans in a tough spot given that many want to see the fund shut down, but don\u2019t want to derail the broader immigration enforcement bill.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The immigration enforcement funding bill \u2014 which some Republicans predict will be Trump\u2019s last major legislative victory before the midterms \u2014 has been stalled for weeks by an ongoing GOP rebellion over the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Critics say it would serve as a slush fund for Trump allies and could grant payouts to rioters who attacked police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1702\">Exclusive: John Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling of sensitive national security documents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Following intense GOP pushback, the administration has sought to convince Congress that the fund is dead, with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling lawmakers earlier in the week that the administration is \u201cnot moving forward with the fund, period.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump, though, has been far less clear, defending the fund on Wednesday and refusing to commit to scrapping it permanently.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI\u2019d have to ask the lawyers, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Trump told CNN Wednesday on whether the fund is fully dead or just on hold. \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it was a beautiful thing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            GOP leaders have been looking to defuse a potential revolt by a small gang of Republicans who have concerns about backing the immigration bill without explicitly killing the fund in writing.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said on Thursday that he will not vote for the immigration enforcement funding bill if it does not include an amendment to kill the $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, meaning the legislation is likely in jeopardy after Republican leaders said that it would take more than a simple majority to amend it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNo, I\u2019m not going to,\u201d Tillis told CNN when asked if he could support the bill without language to kill the fund. \u201cI voted to get on it with the goal of potentially getting an amendment done or supporting some other members\u2019 amendment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Manu Raju, Alison Main, Lauren Fox and Morgan Leason contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1700\">Fossil reveals bizarre gliding creature that hunted birds 120 million years ago<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The push to pass a $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has temporarily stalled, with Senate GOP leaders stuck in talks with a trio of Republican holdouts who are so far refusing to vote down a Democratic attempt to kill the Trump administration\u2019s controversial \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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