The battle over immigration enforcement has become a fight over whether to temporarily extend funding for the last outstanding fiscal 2026 spending bill.
With no immigration deal in sight, Senate Democrats and Republicans spent much of Tuesday at odds over whether to pass a short-term measure to buy more time before current funding for the Homeland Security Department runs out Friday night.
On Tuesday evening, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the full-year, House-passed Homeland Security appropriations bill, which would serve as a vehicle for a short-term continuing resolution.
