June 5, 2026
The $70 billion Republican bill to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection passed the United States Senate early this morning.
As I told you in this video last night, this was coming. Senators pulled an all-nighter during their Vote-a-Rama and, in the end, early this morning, they passed the reconciliation bill that will keep ICE and CBP funded through the rest of President Trump’s term.
Keep in mind, that $70 billion is on top of the $75 billion Republicans also gave ICE and about $65 billion they gave CBP in extra funding to carry out immigration enforcement and operations in the Big Beautiful Bill.
The final vote on this new reconciliation bill was 52 to 47, with one senator not voting. One Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted no along with all the Democrats and Independents.
Murkowski justified her no vote, saying that while she supports secure borders, she did not like that Republicans used this reconciliation tool to get this funding passed. She says by doing it this way — with only Republican votes and no input from Democrats and no compromise — “it reduces Congress’ ability to apply reasonable checks on immigration policy for the remainder of this administration and into the next.”
As I have been reporting, the reason why Republicans went the reconciliation route is because they refused to compromise. Senate Democrats wanted changes to the way ICE and CBP conducted themselves on the streets of America when they’re carrying out President Trump’s immigration policy.
But Republicans said no.
And instead of compromising and funding ICE and CBP the normal way through appropriations, where they would need 60 votes to overcome the filibuster — which would require Democrats to also vote yes — they went the reconciliation route where they only needed a simple majority.
Now, this isn’t over.
This reconciliation bill now has to pass the House. And that’s a whole different can of worms.
Right now, it’s scheduled to go on the House floor as soon as next week.
And look, because of the narrow Republican margin, and because there are several House Republicans who are very upset about President Trump’s $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, any one of them could tank this whole thing.
See how your Senator voted here.
