US Senate passes $70 billion funding for ICE, Border Patrol
Key takeaways
- Senators voted 52-47 to approve funds set to finance the immigration forces for another three years, through the rest of Donald Trump's term.
- The expansion of ICE's powers and personnel has been a source of friction and public protest throughout Trump's second term.
- Senators voted 52-47 in favor the bill, with no support from the Democrats.
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Senators voted 52-47 to approve funds set to finance the immigration forces for another three years, through the rest of Donald Trump's term. The bill still needs to clear the House; that vote is expected next week.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Eu SHSome of ICE's tactics, not least officers obscuring their faces while deployed, have faced criticism in the USImage: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu/picture alliance Advertisement 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.