U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Apr 23, 2026 · 697 words · By WATCH LIVE

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Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their…

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What happened

Why it matters

Lawmakers voted 50-48 in the predawn hours to adopt the non-binding budget resolution and send it to the U.S.

Common ground

House of Representatives, taking a crucial step forward in their effort to end a partial shutdown that has gripped the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Selective Omission: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Funding for most of DHS ran out more than nine weeks ago, as Democrats pressed Republicans and the White House to accept new constraints on ICE and Border Patrol, which operate under the direction of DHS.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm that funding for most of DHS expired more than nine weeks ago, nor were there reports detailing Democratic demands for new constraints on ICE and Border Patrol related to that timeline.

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Claim 2: “U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their operations.”

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Multiple web search results report that U.S. Senate Republicans advanced a $70 billion funding plan for ICE and Border Patrol for three years. The claim accurately reflects the core action reported across multiple search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican Party, commonly known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a conservative and right-wing political party in the United States. It emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party in the 18…
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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 — The 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 inves…
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Claim 3: “The Senate action followed a nearly six-hour "vote-a-rama" session that began late on Wednesday, with votes on a series of proposed amendments.”

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Claim 4: “A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that more than half of Americans are less likely to support candidates who back Trump's approach to deporting immigrants, while a similar majority say their household finances have taken a hit from soaring gasoline prices.”

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Claim 5: “The Senate has since passed legislation to fund DHS operations other than ICE and Border Patrol.”

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Claim 6: “With Democrats adamantly opposed to the funding initiative, Republicans plan to employ a rarely used procedure known as budget reconciliation in the separate legislation, which allows some budget-related bills to bypass Democratic opposition in the Senate.”

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The concept of Republicans planning to use budget reconciliation to bypass Democratic opposition is mentioned in the context of the funding initiative in the web search results. However, the evidence provided does not contain two or more independent sources confirming this specific procedural plan.

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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON—House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) joined House leadership and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith to highlight how the Working Families Tax Cuts are de…
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 hours ago · Republicans air misgivings about redistricting push after Virginia vote The Democratic triumph Tuesday has GOP lawmakers openly questioning the mid-decade redraws pushed by President Do…
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Claim 7: “The Senate voted 98-0 to adopt a Republican amendment from Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham that would establish a deficit-neutral fund supporting ICE operations to apprehend, detain and expedite the deportation of adults convicted of rape, murder or sexual abuse of a minor after entering the United States illegally.”

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Claim 8: “Such measures require only a simple majority for passage in the 100-member chamber, instead of the usual supermajority of 60 votes or more.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that budget reconciliation measures can pass the Senate by a simple majority, overriding the usual supermajority requirement, and also mention the 60-vote threshold for other procedural steps.

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web search NEUTRAL — The procedure overrides the Senate's filibuster rules, which may otherwise require a 60-vote supermajority for passage. Bills described as reconciliation bills can pass the Senate by a simple majority…
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web search NEUTRAL — Such measures require only a simple majority for passage in the 100-member Senate, instead of the usual supermajority of 60 votes or more. Republicans hold a 53-47 seat majority. If the budget resolut…
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web search NEUTRAL — While Senate rules still require just a simple majority to actually pass a bill, several procedural steps along the way require a supermajority of 60 votes to end debate on bills.
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Claim 9: “Lawmakers voted 50-48 in the predawn hours to adopt the non-binding budget resolution and send it to the U.S. House of Representatives, taking a crucial step forward in their effort to end a partial shutdown that has gripped the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February.”

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Multiple web search results report that lawmakers voted 50-48 to adopt a budget resolution. The context provided in the search results aligns with addressing funding/shutdown issues, though the specific details (e.g., 'mid-February' start date) are not independently confirmed by multiple sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Two shutdowns of the U.S. federal government have occurred in 2026, both arising from disputes in Congress about reforms to federal immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, 591 U.S. 1 (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held by a 5–4 vote that a 2017 U.S. Department …
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Claim 10: “Two Republicans — Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski — opposed the measure.”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski voted against the budget resolution measure, matching the claim's assertion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2026 runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. The 2025 federal government shutdown occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year. It lasted unt…
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Claim 11: “Lawmakers rejected other Republican amendments calling for legislation to require proof of citizenship in voting and other election restrictions, a ban on Medicaid funding for transgender surgery on minors, and cuts in foreign aid, science and education programs to pay for the ICE and Border Patrol funding.”

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Claim 12: “Last year, Republicans passed legislation providing around $130 billion in funding for these two agencies, separate from their annual appropriations and the $70 billion now being advanced in Congress.”

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Claim 13: “After two U.S. citizens were fatally shot by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Democrats insisted that ICE and Border Patrol be subject to the same operational rules as police forces across the United States, including a requirement that judicial warrants be obtained before agents can enter private homes.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding two fatal shootings in Minneapolis involving immigration enforcement agents, or subsequent Democratic demands for judicial warrants for private home entries.

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Claim 14: “The new funding would be expected to run through Trump's presidency, which ends in January 2029.”

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Two independent web search results state that the new funding was expected to run through Trump's presidency, which they specify ends in January 2029.

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Claim 15: “Eight months before the November midterm elections, which will determine which party controls Congress in the final years of Donald Trump's presidency, Democrats sought to use the session to portray Republicans as out of step with American families and the challenges they face from soaring gasoline prices and healthcare costs.”

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Claim 16: “Republicans hold a 53-47 seat majority.”

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Two web search results mention the 53-47 split in the context of the budget resolution vote, but the evidence does not provide two independent sources confirming this specific 53-47 seat majority count for the Senate.

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Claim 17: “If adopted by the House, the resolution will allow congressional committees to begin filling in the details on how the $70 billion would be spent in separate legislation that President Donald Trump would have to sign into law.”

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Multiple web search results indicate that if the resolution passes the House, it will allow committees to draft separate legislation detailing how the $70 billion would be spent, which would require presidential action.

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Claim 18: “Healthcare tops the list of household costs that voters think Congress should focus on most, polling data shows.”

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