Senate weighs $70 billion immigration enforcement bill (opens in new tab)

The U.S. Senate worked into the early hours of Friday on a Republican budget reconciliation package of roughly $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, through the end of President Trump’s term or fiscal 2029. Republicans are using reconciliation to move the measure with a simple majority, avoiding the 60-vote threshold normally needed to overcome a filibuster. The first major test came when senators reject...