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Funding Effort for ICE, Border Patrol Could Begin in Senate Next Week, Majority Leader Says
Republicans want to use a simple-majority vote to advance new immigration enforcement funding and block amendments that could derail the bill.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing for quick action on legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol by the end of this month, aiming to support enforcement activities through January 2029.
- Persistent disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over new operating procedures for the two agencies have stalled annual funding, with the Department of Homeland Security shutdown beginning on Feb. 14.
- Republicans plan to pass the funding bill with a simple majority, circumventing the 60-senator threshold typically required, while Thune seeks well over $100 billion in supplementary multi-year funding.
- On Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana told Reuters he intends to attach the "SAVE America Act" to the bill, a proposal Democrats oppose that risks complicating Thune's narrow legislation.
- Senate deliberations could begin next week, pending the House's adoption of the budget resolution framework before Republicans can pass the final funding bill for the two agencies.
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Funding effort for ICE, Border Patrol could begin in Senate next week, majority leader says
Partisan legislation to fund Donald Trump's immigration enforcement activities through the end of his presidency in January 2029 could begin moving through the U.S. Senate by the end of this month, according to Republican senators and aides.
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