The House took a major step toward providing funding for immigration enforcement agencies by adopting a Senate-backed budget resolution Wednesday evening.
Now that both chambers have adopted the budget blueprint, lawmakers can move forward with a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill to provide around $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding. That money is designed to sustain the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agencies for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.
The vote on the GOP-written resolution was 215-211, falling strictly along party lines. Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, a Republican-turned-independent from a swing district, voted “present.”
