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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 opposing the funding package. The bill was delayed
Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill
immigration crackdown. Human rights groups have accused officers of carrying out aggressive street arrests, separating families and targeting undocumented migrants, while Democrats have repeatedly pushed for tighter oversight of the agency. Senate Majority Leader John
delayed spending plan for two key immigration agencies. When lawmakers returned to Washington this week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune urged the administration to end its plans for the fund. "The best way to handle
immigration bill marks a setback to Trump's plans, though it's unclear how it might impact the construction project. Progress on the bill, which had stalled for months, was further delayed after Republicans objected
bill back to the Senate Judiciary Committee to kill the fund was open for several hours on the floor, and had support from three Republicans up for re-election this November: Susan Collins of Maine
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
bill](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/23/senate-republicans-trump-immigration-funding) the Republican party plans to pass along party lines to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies involved in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. While the measure
immigration enforcement bill with a simple majority. “It was something that was supposed to be very narrow, targeted, focused, clean, straightforward, and it got a little bit more complicated this week,” Senate Majority Leader John
immigrants. Passing the measure will nonetheless be a tough haul for Speaker Mike Johnson, who will need all 218 of his Republican-aligned lawmakers in attendance to vote the bill through the lower chamber against
Bill Cassidy lost to a Trump-endorsed opponent](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21d4pxq23o) in Louisiana's Republican primary. On Tuesday evening, voters in Kentucky are projected to have chosen Ed Gallrein over incumbent [congressman Thomas Massie
delay in mid-May, when [senators left town for a recess](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/g-s1-123455/republicans-ice-spending-trump) without passing the GOP-backed measure over concerns about the Trump administration's effort to use taxpayer dollars to compensate people
bill](/news/2025/7/4/how-donald-trumps-spending-bill-could-kick-us-deportations-into-overdrive) passed last year. The move was a risky gambit, forcing the effective shutdown of DHS and leading to several knock-on effects, including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staffing shortages that snarled airport traffic
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 America Act and roughly $220 billion for the White House ballroom. Some
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bill that would put their Republican peers on the record about the fund. When it became clear that an amendment to outlaw the fund could garner around 30 Republican votes, GOP leaders delayed voting
delay the state’s House races from May 16 to mid-July following the Supreme Court’s rejection of Louisiana’s congressional map, [sending the election system into chaos](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/01/lousiana-republicans-election-chaos-00902893). “This is unchecked
Senate confirmation hearing last month, Mullin called whistleblower retaliation unlawful and vowed to work “within the law”. Mullin has also reversed Noem’s policy that her office approve any DHS expenditure over
delaying the hard MAGA takeover that occurred in many other states earlier on. The sharp shift this cycle comes as the GOP pushes for more resources and attention in the key swing state. Now, some
senator who endorsed Massie and shares his unorthodox small-government libertarianism, were "parading around like fools for the worst Republican congressman in the history of our party". The president called Boebert "weak-minded" and "dumb