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Joseph Gedeon, Lucy Campbell and Guardian staff

US Senate refuses to push through ICE funding amid row over Trump’s ballroom

a man in a suit speaks next to displays for a proposed building
Donald Trump speaks to the press about the new East Wing next to the construction site at the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Pool/Samuel Corum - Pool/CNP/Shutterstock

A bid to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol has been derailed by rows over a $1bn proposal for security measures tied to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom and controversial plans to create a $1.8bn “anti-weaponization” fund.

The US Senate will not pass the $70bn legislation ahead of a 1 June deadline set by the US president, Republican senators told reporters on Thursday, as lawmakers leave Washington for the Memorial Day recess.

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