House Narrowly ADVANCES Bill to Fund ICE & Border Patrol Until the End of Trump's Term

After months of Congress squabbling over ICE and Border Patrol funding, we are finally seeing real progress being made.

In a narrow 213-211 vote, the House has advanced a $70 billion reconciliation package that would fund these two agencies until the end of President Trump’s term.

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🚨 NOW: US House just ADVANCED $70 BILLION to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the END of Donald Trump’s term, 213-211

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The bill moved forward after two Republicans — Reps. Chip Roy and Tim Burchett — flipped their initial “no” vote to “yes.”

The Hill reported:

The House on Tuesday advanced a nearly $70 billion budget reconciliation package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol.

The lower chamber approved a rule 213-211 that tees up debate and a final vote on the GOP measure.

The rule briefly appeared in trouble as Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), policy chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) voted “no.” A number of other hardliners, including members of the House Freedom Caucus also had not voted.

They huddled with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), with Roy appearing visibly frustrated as he spoke to other members of the Freedom Caucus.

Many members in the huddle were withholding votes as they sought commitments on codifying more of Trump’s border policies, according to a source familiar.

Ultimately, Roy and Burchett flipped their votes and other hardliners voted “yes.”

A final vote in the House still has to happen before the bill can be sent to President Trump’s desk for final approval.

It was approved by the Senate last week after facing major hurdles related to funding for the White House ballroom and an “anti-weaponization” fund for patriots who were politically persecuted.

CBS News explained further:

House Republicans have been waiting for weeks for their Senate counterparts to send over the legislation. Both chambers had hoped to have the bill on Mr. Trump’s desk by Memorial Day in order to meet his June 1 deadline, but those plans were impeded by the president’s request for $1 billion related to construction of a massive ballroom at the White House and the announcement of a nearly $1.8 billion Justice Department fund to pay people who claim they were politically persecuted.

Rare GOP pushback against the president’s priorities forced Senate Republicans to delay votes until after their Memorial Day recess.

Language for ballroom security funding was ultimately stripped from the legislation and the Justice Department said it would no longer pursue the “anti-weaponization” fund. Though the administration’s assertion about no longer pursuing the fund failed to convince some who were skeptical, a number of amendments to formally bar such payouts were defeated during a marathon session of votes in the Senate that stretched from Thursday morning into the early hours of Friday.

Get it done, Congress!

Border Czar Tom Homan appeared on Fox News to explain how the reconciliation package would help immigration authorities ramp up deportations.

Watch what he had to say here:

Tom Homan says that when the US reconciliation bill is passed it will allow ICE to fund itself until 2028 and will allow them to massively expand deportations.

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