Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill after all-night ‘vote-a-rama’

Nypost · Jun 05, 2026 · 778 words · By Samuel Chamberlain

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Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill after all-night ‘vote-a-rama’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill after all-night ‘vote-a-rama’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleThe Senate approved $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the end of President Trump’s term early Friday, following weeks of delays amid intra-GOP sniping over a $1.776 billion…

Common ground

The 52-47 final vote approving the legislation came just before 5 a.m., after Republicans defeated more than two dozen amendments in a so-called “vote-a-rama,” including one offered by Sen.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the fund, which was created as part of a settlement that resolves Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns to the New York Times, which published them as part of a report on the president’s finances in September 2020.”

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Web search results and Wikipedia confirm a lawsuit (Trump v. IRS) regarding the leak of tax returns to the New York Times, which resulted in a settlement creating a fund (referred to as the 'weaponization' or 'anti-weaponization' fund).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of the Treasury was a lawsuit brought against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by President Donald Trump in January …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Serv…

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Claim 2: “Cassidy’s amendment to compensate the injured police officers, which was rejected 52-47”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific vote count for Senator Cassidy's amendment.

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Claim 3: “The 52-47 final vote approving the legislation came just before 5 a.m.”

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While the general passage of the bill is corroborated, the specific vote count (52-47) and the exact time (before 5 a.m.) are not mentioned in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: Senatus), so-called as an assembly of the senior …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the …
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Claim 4: “Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Jon Husted of Ohio and Dan Sullivan of Alaska, all of whom are up for re-election this year, voted “aye.””

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A web search result explicitly names Senators Susan Collins, Dan Sullivan, and Jon Husted as having voted for the amendment to prevent the creation of the fund.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Multiple attempts to restrict or nix the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” fell short during a marathon voting session.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/senate-reconciliati…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Sens. Susan Collins, Dan Sullivan, Jon Husted voted for an amendment to prevent the Justice Department from ever creating an ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5910331-vulnerable-repub…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... As long as the Democrats remain insane, nothing will “cost the GOP”. Vote red. 4w · 2 likes.
https://www.facebook.com/TheHill/posts/breaking-senate-repub…

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Claim 5: “The Senate then overwhelmingly rejected a second amendment from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would also have banned the settlement fund but moved the money to a separate anti-fraud pool at the Department of Justice.”

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The provided evidence does not mention an amendment by Senator Thom Tillis regarding a DOJ anti-fraud pool.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate

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web search NEUTRAL — This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican senators, 45 Democratic senators, and two independent senators who caucus with th…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_State…

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web search NEUTRAL — Presented to enlighten, amuse, and inform, our new Senate history blog explores the forces, events, and personalities that have shaped the modern Senate.
https://www.senate.gov/

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Claim 6: “The Senate approved $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the end of President Trump’s term early Friday”

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Multiple independent web search results (NPR and two other news reports) confirm the passage of a roughly $70 billion package to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Trump's term in June 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The illegal migration of people into the United States across the Mexico-United States border has caused an ongoing migrant crisis. U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both referred to surge…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organiz…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investiga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_and_…

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Claim 7: “acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday it would not go forward.”

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Multiple sources confirm that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress/lawmakers that the government is scrapping plans for the $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization' fund.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Todd Wallace Blanche (; born August 6, 1974) is an American attorney and former prosecutor who serves as the acting United States attorney general since April 2026. Blanche has also served as the Unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and serves as the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government. The attorney general act…
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Claim 8: “Thursday morning’s first vote, a motion by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to ban the settlement fund, was held open for several hours before being rejected 50-49.”

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Multiple sources (POLITICO and other web results) confirm that Senate Republicans defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer to ban the fund on Thursday morning.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Senate Republicans voted on Thursday morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer to prohibit the Department of Justice ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5910245-senate-gop-amend…

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Claim 9: “two anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota [were fatally shot] by federal agents this past January.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to corroborate the claim that federal agents fatally shot anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota in January.

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Claim 10: “Congress eventually funded the rest of DHS at the end of April with Democratic support, but ICE and Border Patrol have remained without regular funding.”

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Claim 11: “Republicans defeated more than two dozen amendments in a so-called “vote-a-rama,” including one offered by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that would have redirected payments from the settlement to members of law enforcement who were injured in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.”

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The evidence confirms Bill Cassidy is a Senator from Louisiana, but there is no specific mention in the search results of a 'vote-a-rama' amendment by him to redirect funds to Jan 6 officers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Louisiana. Republican congresswoman Julia …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cassidy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bill Cassidy (born 1957) is a U.S. Senator from Louisiana since 2015. Senator Cassidy may also refer to: George Williams Cassidy (1836–1892), Nevada State Senate Owen Cassidy (c.1862–1911), New York …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Cassidy_(disambiguatio…

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Claim 12: “the department’s funding lapsed in mid-February with no agreement on changes to immigration enforcement tactics.”

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