The House adopted a budget measure designed to unlock roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement, marking a major step in Republican efforts to prioritize funding for ICE, Border Patrol and related agencies. The move aligns with a parallel Senate GOP push for similar funding and increases pressure on ongoing Senate procedural votes and negotiations to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. It also sharpens intraparty tensions between House conservatives demanding stricter immigration language and leaders trying to reconcile competing House and Senate approaches to ending the DHS shutdown.
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