Overview
- The Senate voted 52–47 early Friday, June 5, to approve a $70 billion reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of President Trump’s term and sent the bill to the House for likely consideration next week.
- The bill allocates roughly $38.6 billion for ICE, $22.6 billion for Border Patrol, $5 billion for DHS and $108.5 million for child exploitation investigations, restoring regular funding that had been stalled since February.
- Lawmakers rejected multiple amendments that would have permanently barred or redirected the roughly $1.776–1.8 billion settlement fund, leaving no statutory guardrails in the reconciliation text.
- The settlement fund, born of an out‑of‑court agreement tied to Trump’s lawsuit over leaked IRS tax records, is under a federal injunction and the DOJ has told Congress it is “not moving forward,” even as President Trump has publicly praised the fund.
- The floor fight exposed GOP fractures with senators including Susan Collins, Jon Husted and Dan Sullivan voting with Democrats on measures targeting the fund, and legal filings from Senators Bill Cassidy and Cory Booker keep the issue in active court review and public debate.