House Passes $70 Billion Bill to Fund ICE, Border Patrol for Three Years
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The House voted 214-212 on Tuesday to pass a $70 billion funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, sending the measure to President Trump after the Senate approved it last week. The bill provides three years of funding through the budget reconciliation process, which allowed Republicans to bypass a Democratic filibuster. The legislation comes after a months-long standoff over immigration enforcement policy following the fatal shooting of two protesters by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier this year. Democrats had sought reforms including requiring judicial warrants for home entries and prohibiting officers from wearing masks, but none were included in the final package. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only Senate Republican to vote against the measure. The funding is intended to cover operations through fiscal year 2029 and includes no stipulations sought by Democrats.
What’s verified
The House voted 214-212 and the Senate voted 52-47 to pass the bill.
The bill provides $70 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for ICE and Border Patrol.
The funding covers a three-year period through the end of fiscal year 2029.
The bill was passed using the budget reconciliation process to avoid a Democratic filibuster.
No Democrats voted for the bill, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was the only Senate Republican against it.
The bill does not include immigration enforcement reforms Democrats had demanded.
The funding follows a standoff over immigration policy after federal officers killed two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year.
Not yet confirmed
The names of the two protesters killed in Minneapolis were given by one source as Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Detailed funding allocations—$38 billion for ICE, $22 billion for Border Patrol, $5 billion for border security technology, and $350 million for enforcement in non-cooperating jurisdictions—appear in only one source.
One source reported that ICE’s usual annual budget is about $10 billion and that a previous reconciliation bill provided $75 billion last summer.
One source reported that DHS has not yet spent $100 billion of the nearly $200 billion it received under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
One source reported that Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) initially voted against the bill but changed his vote after speaking with Republican leaders.
One source reported that border czar Tom Homan threatened to send more ICE agents to New York City.
One source reported that a recent poll found only 33 percent of voters approve of ICE.
It is unclear whether the bill includes any funding for internal oversight offices at DHS; one source mentioned $20 million for the inspector general in a separate April measure.
Key figures
President Donald Trump; Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI); House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA); Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-OK); ICE Assistant Director Matt Elliston; CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott; Heidi Altman, National Immigration Law Coalition; Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN); Border Czar Tom Homan; Todd Schulte, FWD.us; Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA); Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX); DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin
