Senate Republicans have slightly expanded the scope of their immigration enforcement funding package to include $1 billion for security upgrades in the White House ballroom project and $1.5 billion for the Justice Department’s investigatory and prosecutorial efforts.
The filibuster-proof budget reconciliation package that Republicans hope to pass this month provides a total of $71.8 billion through fiscal 2029, money designed to last through President Trump’s term.
The bulk of the money, $69.3 billion, will go to the Department of Homeland Security to fund immigration enforcement agents and operations.
Democrats filibustered the annual DHS appropriations bill over their objection to funding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the border patrol functions of Customs and Border Patrol without significant policy changes.
That led to a record 76-day DHS shutdown that ended last week after Congress passed a spending bill funding the department, except for ICE and border patrol.
The budget reconciliation package is designed to fill in those gaps. It provides $38.2 billion for ICE and $26.1 billion for CBP, as well as $5 billion extra for DHS to use largely at its discretion.
