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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Republican plan to fund Trump’s ballroom and immigration enforcement would cost taxpayers $72B

Senate Republicans are proposing the government allocate $72 billion to significantly bolster immigration enforcement – with $1 billion of that allocated toward security for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.

In two funding bills unveiled Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled multi-billion-dollar proposed budgets, aimed mostly at bolstering the president’s immigration agenda.

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