{"id":856072,"date":"2026-06-09T22:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/856072\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:31:19","slug":"house-passes-70b-bill-to-fund-immigration-enforcement-for-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/856072\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement<\/a> narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump<\/a> for his signature, fueling the administration\u2019s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House. Republicans used their majority to get the bill over the finish line, funding a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years. The bill passed by a vote of 214-212, over the objections of Democrats.<\/p>\n

The White House says the bill will provide $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for the Border Patrol and another $5 billion to cover unforeseen costs. It frontloads routine annual funding, ensuring a virtually uninterrupted flow of money as the Trump administration seeks to deport<\/a> some 1 million people per year.<\/p>\n

Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> needed near-perfect attendance and unity on his side to complete weeks of action. The legislation got sidetracked over $1 billion for White House security, including for Trump\u2019s new ballroom<\/a>, and a $1.8 billion fund to compensate his allies who claim they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted. Those proposals proved politically toxic and were scrapped<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the bill is focused entirely on immigration enforcement, a topic that Republicans have treated as a defining issue between the two major political parties and one they hope will carry them to victory in this year\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s long overdue,\u201d said Johnson, R-La., of the bill. \u201cWe have to fund border security and immigration enforcement, and it\u2019s sad that Republicans have to do it on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, lower left, testifies on the budget request for the Department of Homeland Security on June 3, 2026. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, lower left, testifies on the budget request for the Department of Homeland Security on June 3, 2026. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/p>\n

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But Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas called it a \u201cslush fund for ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funding accelerates Trump\u2019s deportation agenda<\/p>\n

The funding comes on top of the nearly $140 billion that the Republican-controlled Congress gave ICE and Customs and Border Protection last year as part of Trump\u2019s tax and spending cuts bill<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Democrats objected to giving the agencies more money without significant changes in the way they operate after the deaths of Alex Pretti<\/a> and Renee Good<\/a> in Minneapolis. For example, Democrats insisted that agents remove masks and be required to display their ID badges during enforcement operations and that they get a judicial warrant before entering private property. Instead, the funding will come with virtually no strings attached.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Capitol is seen behind a light pole on June 3, 2026. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/p>\n

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Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Republicans weren\u2019t focused on the top priorities of the American people and have cut access to Medicaid and nutrition assistance through Trump\u2019s earlier tax and spending cut bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans have now come back for more, to give ICE and Donald Trump\u2019s violent mass deportation machine another $70 billion blank check, with no oversight, no accountability and no guardrails,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise countered that Democrats were not adequately supportive of law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake no mistake, if you\u2019re voting yes, you\u2019re not only voting to secure America\u2019s border, you\u2019re voting to fund law enforcement,\u201d Scalise said. \u201cAnd if you vote no, you are voting to defund the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeland Security faced longest shutdown in history<\/p>\n

The package is the result of a monthslong standoff<\/a> in Congress after Democrats refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the immigration enforcement actions<\/a> in Minneapolis and other American cities, leading to the longest shutdown in agency history<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Negotiations had been underway with the White House to alter ICE operations as Democrats were demanding. When those negotiations failed, Republicans turned to a complicated procedural maneuver<\/a> to get around the filibuster and pass the immigration funding with no Democratic votes.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the chairman of the Budget Committee, said the money would provide \u201cregular, normal funding\u201d that ICE and the Border Patrol would get through the annual budgeting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019re going to do it, not for one year, but for three years, so we don\u2019t end up here again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senate completed its work<\/a> on the legislation last week during an overnight session. The final 52-47 vote on the bill was nearly party line, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska the only Republican to oppose it. <\/p>\n

Money comes at pivotal time for Trump\u2019s immigration agenda<\/p>\n

The money will come at a pivotal time for the Department of Homeland Security, which is under new leadership after Trump replaced Kristi Noem<\/a> with new Secretary Markwayne Mullin<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/p>\n

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While Mullin has vowed<\/a> to keep the department out of the headlines, the administration is under pressure from anti-immigration advocates to deliver on Trump\u2019s campaign promise of the largest deportation operation<\/a> in American history.<\/p>\n

So far, the administration has not hit its goal of 1 million deportations a year, but Trump\u2019s border czar, Tom Homan, has promised more to come, including hinting at immigration enforcement actions in New York, the nation\u2019s biggest city, which is heavily Democratic.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the administration is making it more difficult for legal immigrants to remain in the U.S. by working to end Temporary Protective Status<\/a>, changing the processes for obtaining green cards<\/a> and leaving some Dreamers \u2014 the young people who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children \u2014 reporting delays in renewing<\/a> their status, which allows them to stay and work.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers clash over DHS priorities<\/p>\n

On the House side, Johnson had little margin for error. GOP leadership opted to avoid any hiccups and sent lawmakers home last week rather than take up the bill early Friday once the Senate had completed its all-nighter.<\/p>\n

Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., ended up siding with Democrats on the party-line vote. Leading up to the vote, Democrats portrayed DHS as an agency that has used its new resources to buy private jets for its leadership, warehouse immigrants in deplorable conditions and attack U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublican leadership likes to talk a lot about common sense, but where is the common sense in giving this federal agency essentially unlimited funds without a single reform in place?\u201d asked Rep. Pete Aguilar, chair of the House Democratic Caucus. <\/p>\n

Republicans countered that they were fulfilling their duty to safeguard the nation and support the men and women charged with enforcing the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats can say whatever they want, but what it\u2019s about is public safety. What\u2019s it about is keeping Americans safe,\u201d said Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":856073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[238640,2064,327,12785,84,69,57,325,8123,409,349497,74552,2399,2934,26451,146870,349498,8119,17635,231219,50,13024,80,225146,245710,618,5414,89,3676,2065,61,322,67,8128,326,132,68,93],"class_list":["post-856072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","category-us","tag-alex-pretti","tag-border-security","tag-congress","tag-dc-wire","tag-district-of-columbia","tag-donald-trump","tag-general-news","tag-government-budgets","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-immigration","tag-jodey-arrington","tag-kevin-kiley","tag-kristi-noem","tag-legislation","tag-lisa-murkowski","tag-markwayne-mullin","tag-michelle-fischbach","tag-mike-johnson","tag-minneapolis","tag-minnesota-ice-crackdown","tag-news","tag-pete-aguilar","tag-politics","tag-renee-good","tag-steve-scalise","tag-taxes","tag-tom-homan","tag-u-s-democratic-party","tag-u-s-department-of-homeland-security","tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-u-s-news","tag-u-s-republican-party","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-congress","tag-united-states-house-of-representatives","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washington-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}