The US Senate voted early on Friday morning to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with an additional $70 billion (roughly €60 billion) for immigration enforcement.
The bill provides three years of funding for US Border Patrol and what under President Donald Trump became the largest and best funded federal law enforcement agency in US history, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more commonly known by its acronym ICE.
The expansion of ICE's powers and personnel has been a source of friction and public protest throughout Trump's second term.
Thursday's session in the Capitol ran past midnightImage: Bonnie Cash/UPI Photo/newscom/picture alliance
What happened in the Senate?
