Senate GOP unveils budget plan to fund ICE, Border Patrol through Trump’s term

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Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) unveiled a budget resolution Tuesday that would fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for three and a half years, through the end of President Trump’s time in office.

Senate GOP aides say they expect the final budget reconciliation package to allocate between $70 billion and $80 billion to fund ICE and Border Patrol through 2029.

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Senate Republicans plan to pass the resolution this week to allow for a budget reconciliation bill funding ICE and Border Patrol to pass the upper chamber later this spring without having to face a Democratic filibuster.

Republicans have put ICE and Border Patrol funding on a fast track as Senate Democrats have repeatedly blocked a Homeland Security Department appropriations bill that included funding for those agencies.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters that senators will begin voting on amendments to the budget resolution on either Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how much debate time lawmakers yield back.

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 sets 50 hours of debate equally divided between the two parties once the Senate votes to proceed to the measure. The budget may be considered on the Senate floor on the same day it is reported out of the Budget Committee.

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