Senate weighs $70 billion ICE funding bill (opens in new tab)

The Republican-led Senate moved toward a final vote Thursday on a roughly $70 billion budget reconciliation bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through fiscal 2029, after voting 53-46 along party lines Wednesday to begin debate. Republicans are using reconciliation to try to pass the measure without Democratic support after months of Democratic opposition tied to demands for agency changes following two fatal shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis i...