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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s1-123455/republicans-ice-spending-trump) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Senate Republicans rebel against Trump
Republicans to rewrite the legislation to satisfy Senate rules. The disputed funding is part of a wider $72bn spending package focused largely on immigration
senators yelling at the attorney general, saying this feels like self-dealing," Cruz said. The pressure campaign from Republicans to abandon the fund only increased from there. Republicans stalled progress on legislation to fund
Senate has voted to advance a stalled immigration spending bill after Republicans removed $1bn (£745m) in funding
Senator Lindsey Graham, have taken a critical first step to passing another Reconciliation Bill to fund our Great Border Patrol and ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Agents,” Trump [wrote](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116449588860876736). “Republicans
Senate had passed the package unanimously weeks ago, the bill had languished in the House as conservative Republicans demanded any funding deal be tied to a long-term plan to bankroll the White House
fund immigration enforcement for the next three years.** It took lawmakers 18 hours to pass the bill. Senators voted along party lines, with only one Republican
Republican senator **Bill Cassidy** denounced two of Trump’s passion projects: $1bn in taxpayer funding for the White House ballroom the president can’t stop talking about, and the $1.776bn slush fund he plans
Senate Republicans, and complicated their efforts to settle for good a standoff with Democrats over funding for [Immigration
immigration-focused funding passed last year. All three of the DHS officials voiced support for the plan and urged Republicans to pass a reconciliation measure by June 1. [, who feared diverting taxpayer dollars toward Trump’s “East Wing modernization
Republicans’ attempts to assign blame and reiterated their calls to pass a [bill that cleared the Senate last month](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/senate-dhs-funding-redo-00855096) that would fund most of DHS, except for immigration
Senate parliamentarian ruled the proposal could not be included in a bill to fund immigrant enforcement agencies for three years, and several Republican
Republicans, who hold the majority in the Senate, have used complex budget rules - known as the budget reconciliation process - to try to pass bills without Democratic support. Their latest sprawling package to fund immigration
Senate-approved bill to resume funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sending the measure to President [Donald Trump’s](/news/2026/4/30/trump-slams-germanys-merz-again-as-rift-over-iran-war-widens) desk. The adoption of the bill, which did not include Immigration and Customs
funding plan for Trump’s ballroom [Chuck Schumer](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/chuck-schumer), the US Senate’s top Democrat, has vowed to oppose a [Republican plan](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/senate-immigration-package-1bn-trump-ballroom) to spend $1bn on security improvements
Republicans seemed set to exclude two of his pet projects in the [immigration enforcement funding bill](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5771608/immigration-congress-75-billion) they are racing to pass this week: provisions from a voting overhaul known as the Save
Republicans on Tuesday will seek to pass a $70bn 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
funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol activities through the rest of Trump’s presidency. The Secure America Act [passed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/house-immigration-bill-funding) in a 214-212 vote that was largely along