Rand Paul gates the immigration funding debate

Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, must decide whether to back a party-line DHS immigration-enforcement package tucked into the budget reconciliation process, a move likely to shape tens of billions for ICE and CBP ahead of a June deadline, while balancing his libertarian-leaning views, Trump-era pressure from party leadership, and his own 2028 presidential bid.