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US Senate passes $70B ICE funding bill amid settlement fund debate

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The US Senate has passed a $70 billion funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, intended to cover operations for the next three years. The legislation faced significant debate and delays due to an unrelated $1.8 billion "anti-weaponisation" settlement fund, which some lawmakers sought to ban. Despite efforts from both parties to amend the bill to prohibit this fund, these attempts ultimately failed, allowing the core ICE funding to pass with a near party-line vote. AI

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US Senate passes $70B ICE funding bill amid settlement fund debate

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    US Senate passes US$70 billion ICE funding; fails to ban ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund

    The US Senate handed President Donald Trump ⁠a victory early on Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional US$70 billion for immigration enforcement and sending it to the House of Representatives for final consideratio…

  2. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Mary Clare Jalonick, Joey Cappelletti, The Associated Press ·

    Senate passes $70 billion immigration bill to fund ICE following efforts to stop Trump’s $1.7 billion settlement fund

    The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated&#160;$1.776 billion settlement fund&#160;that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 to pass&#160;t…

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