Republicans are currently battling over a fund that could pay people alleging legal system was 'weaponized' against them
The Senate will not send a Republican-led $72 billion reconciliation bill to fund federal immigration enforcement by President Donald Trump’s deadline. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced…
Senate will not pass the $70bn legislation ahead of a 1 June deadline set by Trump ahead of the Memorial Day recessA bid to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol has been derailed by rows over a $1bn proposal for security measures tied to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom and controversial plans to create a…
Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-line vote.
Senate Republicans pause immigration bill push after a tense closed-door meeting over the Trump administration's surprise anti-weaponization fund.
The Senate Budget Committee advanced the reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement after a vote along party lines. The bill aims to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which were excluded from budget negotiations under a deal to end the most recent government shutdown. Democrats voiced their usual protests…
