The Senate passed a $70 billion bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through 2028. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
June 5 (UPI) -- The Senate passed a bill early Friday to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Donald Trump's term with no guardrails to block his $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund.
Republicans pushed the $70 billion legislation through with a 52-47 vote. It will fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, which Democrats have been trying to avoid funding after the shooting deaths of American citizens in Minneapolis, Minn., earlier this year.
The bill allocates $38.6 billion to fund ICE, $22.6 billion for Border Patrol, $5 billion to the Department of Homeland Security and $108.5 million for child exploitation investigations.
The only Republican to vote against it was Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. All Democrats voted against it, and only Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., missed the vote.
