House passes $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, bolstering Trump’s deportation agenda amid partisan tensions and objections.

A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration’s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House.

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.

WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a $70 billion budget package ending a four-month lapse in funding for immigration enforcement agencies, capping a fight that exposed tensions between President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. The package will now head to Trump’s desk to be signed into law. The House voted 214-212 to pass the bill along party lines after Republicans quickly overcame a delay earlier in the day during the vote on a procedural measure to move forward on the package. The bill funds two federal agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The money would fund the agencies through the end of Trump’s term without going through the annual appropriations process, an unusual move that has allowed Republicans to avoid compromising with Democrats. The bill’s passage is the culmination of a months-long fight over government funding triggered by the killing of Alex Pretti and Renée Good by federal agents in Minneapolis in January during protests…

Senate passes a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill, funding ICE and Border Patrol without restrictions on Trump's settlement fund.

Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by Democrats and Republicans to add language to the bill that would permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund for political allies.

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation early Friday to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies after intense bipartisan backlash over a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund threatened to derail the bill. Republicans managed to push through the $70 billion legislation, which would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term, on a 52-47 vote after weeks of delays. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was the only Republican to vote against the final package, which was also opposed by all Democrats. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., missed the vote. The bill includes $38.6 billion for ICE, $22.6 billion for the Border Patrol, $5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security and $108.5 million for child exploitation investigations. Senators from both parties proposed 29 amendments and motions before voting on final passage, with some Republicans supporting amendments that broke with Trump’s priorities. Republicans ultimately defeated multiple…

The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning.

The Senate is set to start voting as early as Wednesday on legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies. Two portions of the bill desired by Trump were dropped after pressure from members of Congress.

The Senate is set to start voting on legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies.