The U.S. Senate approved a budget resolution that paves the way to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, and the Border Patrol without Democratic support, marking a key step in Republican efforts to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, which has been ongoing since mid-February.
The vote, held after nearly six hours of debate, passed 50-48 around 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning, following an overnight session dominated by partisan clashes over immigration enforcement and federal spending priorities, reported Reuters.
