President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday allocating nearly $70 billion to bolster immigration enforcement through the remainder of his term.
The funding package, which ends a six-month congressional stalemate, provides $38 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26 billion for the Border Patrol, and a $5 billion contingency fund for unforeseen expenses.
The measure passed the House along party lines with a 214-212 vote, following intense debates sparked by the deaths of two U.S. citizens during federal enforcement operations in Minneapolis earlier this year.
By front-loading annual appropriations, the new law ensures stable, uninterrupted funding for the next three years, supporting the administration’s stated objective of deporting approximately one million individuals annually.
