GOP ICE Funding Patch Sets Short-Term Fix but Keeps Shutdown Threats Alive
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Republicans approved a party-line bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through 2029 via budget reconciliation, easing an immediate funding squeeze but not removing the risk of a government shutdown as other federal accounts face partisan fights ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline and the midterm elections.
- Republicans just took ICE spending fights off the table. It won’t end shutdown threats. Politico
- Trump’s deportation agenda secures funding that could outlast his presidency The Washington Post
- House passes bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the remainder of Trump's term NPR
- US House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol Reuters
- $70 billion immigration funding package passes in U.S. House in a win for Speaker Johnson CNBC
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