Senate passes $72 billion for ICE and Border Patrol in 52-47 vote
What's next: The bill goes to the House after Democrats failed to curb a $1.8 billion fund critics call a slush fund.
The Senate approved roughly $72 billion in funding for President Donald Trump's immigration agencies early Friday, backing a package that would finance Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the final three years of his term. The bill passed 52-47 after an overnight vote-a-rama that ran about 18 hours. The measure now moves to the House and, if approved there, to Trump for his signature. The vote split largely along party lines, with Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats in opposition and one Democrat absent. Democrats also failed to add amendments limiting a $1.8 billion anti-weaponisation fund that critics have attacked as a pool for Trump's allies.