The US Senate early Friday passed a bill that would provide an additional $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement, delivering a legislative victory to President Donald Trump and advancing one of his key policy priorities. The measure was approved in a 52-47 vote, with no Democratic support and one Republican voting against it. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives for final consideration.
The funding would support the Trump administration's immigration enforcement and deportation operations over the next three years. It would add to roughly $100 billion in unspent DHS law enforcement funding that Republicans approved last year. Most of the new money would go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, which are leading the administration's deportation efforts across the United States.
