Senate sends $70B ICE, border-patrol funding bill to vacant House
Senate Republicans approved a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package after an 18‑hour vote‑a‑rama and sent it to a House that was vacant at the time.
U.S. Senate Republicans passed a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement, including ICE and the Border Patrol, following an 18-hour vote-a-rama that ended early Friday morning. The measure was sent to a House that was vacant when the Senate finalized the vote.