Senators voted 52-47 in favor of the $70 billion bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through the end of Trump’s term. The funding had been blocked by Democrats, and thanks to the filibuster, it stayed that way since January. It restricted arrests and deportations of illegal aliens.
The funding will be used to hire new ICE and CBP agents, deport individuals in the country illegally, and upgrade border security.
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