GOP blueprint eyes fast-track funding for immigration enforcement
Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham unveiled a GOP budget blueprint to fund immigration enforcement (ICE, Border Patrol), kicking off a reconciliation-based process with a roughly $70 billion cap per committee and a May 15 drafting deadline, aiming to have a final bill ready for a June 1 White House deadline; the House is set to act next week as Republicans push a party-line measure, while Democrats plan amendments, and related Capitol actions include discussions on a bipartisan path for FISA extension and other budget negotiations.