35 resultsfor “Republican votes on ICE funding bill”
vote for [a bill](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/partial-government-shutdown-ends-ice-dhs-funding-republicans) that funded departmental operations that were not related to immigration enforcement. Republicans then opted to use the reconciliation procedure to fund ICE
vote threshold to pass major legislation. The DHS shutdown started on February 14. The Senate passed a DHS funding bill that left out ICE as a compromise in March, but the proposal was held
bill, he will hold a vote on a separate measure, which the Senate [approved](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/us-house-stopgap-dhs-funding-bill-republicans-senate) last month with bipartisan support, to allocate funding for the rest of DHS’s operations exclusive of ICE
bill funding much of DHS, ending agency’s longest shutdown The [US House of Representatives](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/house-of-representatives) has voted to fund much of the [Department of Homeland Security](https://www.dhs.gov/) – excluding immigration enforcement
funding bill for ICE and CBP. In the end, Wednesday’s $70bn legislation only passed after Republicans [pursued](/news/2026/6/4/democrats-force-vote-on-trumps-1-8bn-settlement-fund-in-vote-a-rama) a weeks-long “budget reconciliation” process, which allowed them to pass the bill with a simple
vote until that chamber's Republicans started the arcane procedural process, known as reconciliation, to fund all of DHS — including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — for the remainder
bill that will fund ICE and CBP through 2029, which Republicans are seeking to pass along party lines using the budget reconciliation process to circumvent the Democratic filibuster in the Senate. The standoff over funding
bill The situation on Thursday was the result of a standoff between Democrats and Republicans over the Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement. Democrats had [pledged not to approve](/news/2026/2/6/democrats-demand-reforms-to-homeland-security-over-immigration-operations) further funding for Immigration
voted 50-48 early on Thursday morning to advance the plan, which would provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol. The measure now moves to the House of Representatives. ICE
Republicans say they were left with no choice once Democrats decided to withhold funding for these agencies as leverage to extract reforms. "We're attempting here to fund ICE and CBP at last year
ICE (Immigration Customs and Enforcement) are fully funded”. “Well done to President Trump and my Republican colleagues,” Graham said. **Lisa Murkowski** was the only Republican senator to vote against the new immigration enforcement funding
vote against funding DHS in protest of the pro-immigration moves being made by the president at the time, Barack Obama. Now, with the immigration issue cutting the other way under Trump, the funding
Republican-controlled US House of Representatives must pass its own resolution. Then, committees in the Senate and House must both craft the actual funding legislation, which will be subject to another round of votes. Trump
funding for two agencies in particular: ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Democrats have refused to support further spending for those agencies without reforms, following the fatal shootings of [Alex Pretti](/news/2026/1/25/who-was-alex-pretti-the-nurse-shot-dead-by-federal-agents-in-minneapolis) and [Renee
voted against the amendment, guaranteeing its defeat, but more than 10 Republicans supported it. Tillis said the fund is a political liability for the party. "If Blanche says this is largely inoperative
bill to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the border patrol. But the plan prompted intense anxiety among congressional [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans), who feared diverting taxpayer dollars toward Trump
bill to fund the agencies leading Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants through the duration of his term, ending a months-long standoff with Democrats. The Secure America Act, which [passed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/senate-immigration-bill-funding)
Republicans removed $1bn (£745m) in funding for President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom. The $1bn was intended for US Secret Service security upgrades as part of the construction, a request following April
ICE and Border Patrol as part of a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).** The impasse has been going on since mid-February as Democrats have demanded policy changes
bill is a key plank of the Republican plan that late last month saw Congress vote to [reopen](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/partial-government-shutdown-ends-ice-dhs-funding-republicans) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a funding impasse that stretched