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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters about Democratic efforts to push back on President Donald Trump's policies, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
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Senate will begin voting on funding immigration enforcement after Trump's settlement fund is dropped
The Senate is set to start voting on legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies. Voting could get underway as early as Wednesday night after the White House was forced to drop its settlement fund for political allies and a proposal for White House security was removed from the funding bill. The roughly $70 billion bill would fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The bill has been delayed for weeks as Republican senators had to navigate obstacles to passage created by President Donald Trump and the White House. Republicans say they're now ready to move forward with legislation that's been pared back to its original form.
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