{"id":2251,"date":"2026-06-09T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:37:16","slug":"republicans-send-70-billion-in-ice-and-border-patrol-funding-to-trumps-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2251","title":{"rendered":"Republicans send $70 billion in ICE and border patrol funding to Trump\u2019s desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>House Republicans passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package Tuesday after months of internal party conflict.<\/li>\n<li>Some Republicans sought to enact a prohibition on Trump&#8217;s controversial $1.8 billion &#8220;anti-weaponization&#8221; fund, but that ultimately did not make it into the legislative package.<\/li>\n<li>The package also does not include funding for Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom project, despite a push from administration officials.<\/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            House Republicans on Tuesday sent a $70 billion immigration enforcement package to President Donald Trump\u2019s desk, ending a months-long fight that exposed major cracks in the party.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2247\">Is Social Security keeping up with your cost of living? Share your story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The move will now fully fund the Department of Homeland Security \u2014 specifically, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection funding \u2014 for the rest of Trump\u2019s second term. Republicans made the measure their top legislative priority this spring, after Democrats successfully blocked Congress from approving a single dollar for ICE or border patrol after federal agents killed two US citizens in Minnesota.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But the push wasn\u2019t easy. The top two GOP leaders were at times sharply at odds over shutdown strategy. The package nearly collapsed in the Senate because of Republican opposition to Trump\u2019s push for a Justice Department settlement fund that critics say would act as a slush fund for his allies. Ahead of the final vote Tuesday, the bill ran into drama in the House as hardliners demanded that party leaders promise to take up a strict immigration crackdown bill \u2014 despite GOP opposition inside the narrowly divided House.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The House passed the bill by a vote of 214 to 212 on a party-line vote with independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California voting against it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis bill breaks the Democrats\u2019 stranglehold over ICE and CBP funding,\u201d Rep. Tom McClintock of California said on the House floor.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The bill\u2019s final passage comes despite a growing number of rank-and-file defections on Capitol Hill in recent weeks. Those months of negotiation \u2014 and tension \u2014 underscored the frailty of the Republican majorities, at a time when lawmakers are increasingly worried about their political futures amid the president\u2019s approval ratings.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Ultimately, Trump is getting nearly everything he had initially sought. Republicans are approving the ICE money without any new reforms or oversight for an agency that\u2019s drawn heavy scrutiny in the wake of the fatal shootings.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            And Republicans ultimately did not pass any measures to kill the president\u2019s \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, which members of his party warned could grant payouts to rioters who attacked police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has told lawmakers that the fund would not move forward, but some Senate Republicans had still sought to enact a prohibition on the fund as part of the legislation.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, a long-time immigration rights activist, accused Republicans of passing the bill with \u201cno guardrails\u201d \u2014 while throwing $70 billion more to ICE.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2245\">Why the GOP\u2019s voter fraud theories in California don\u2019t make sense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWith $70 billion, we could end homelessness in America,\u201d said Democratic Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky. \u201cJust about anything would be better than giving it to ICE.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            One major Trump priority that was dropped: His push for $1 billion in security upgrades for the White House, including $200 million for his East Wing ballroom project.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside posters of his proposed White House ballroom amid construction at the White House on May 19, in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0138867705bdc92476b905e4fa04326e.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0138867705bdc92476b905e4fa04326e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0138867705bdc92476b905e4fa04326e-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside posters of his proposed White House ballroom amid construction at the White House on May 19, in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The Senate GOP\u2019s initial text included nearly $1 billion for \u201csecurity adjustments and upgrades\u201d to the White House ballroom project, as well as other pots of security money after the White House Correspondent\u2019s dinner shooting this spring. Administration officials had sought to clarify that only about $200 million would go toward the East Wing project, with the rest going toward other security efforts. But a number of Senate Republicans balked at the plan, which was also ruled against by the chamber\u2019s rules\u2019 referee.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The final hours ahead of passage in both chambers saw significant drama as Republicans hold-outs sought last-minute promises on the package.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the Senate, multiple GOP senators initially held up the package over opposition to Trump\u2019s \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund \u2014 but ultimately fell in line and voted for the bill. In the end, only Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the House, more than a dozen GOP hardliners withheld their votes for a key procedural vote on Tuesday as they made a last-ditch push to secure concessions. But they, too, ultimately fell in line.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The hardliners had stalled all House floor action on the $70 billion bill in an effort to secure a separate vote on their own hardline immigration policy bill, according to two people familiar with the discussions.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s unclear if they secured that promise to bring up the immigration crackdown bill \u2014 which would almost certainly fail if it ever came up for a floor vote.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2237\">Southern Poverty Law Center chair put on defensive during heated congressional hearing: \u2018We don\u2019t fund hate groups\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans on Tuesday sent a $70 billion immigration enforcement package to President Donald Trump\u2019s desk, ending a months-long fight that exposed major cracks in the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251","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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