House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol

House Republicans narrowly pushed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package through the chamber, giving Donald Trump a major new federal funding stream for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The 214-212 vote came after weeks of delays and a monthslong fight over how to finance the agencies carrying out Trump’s deportation and border agenda, and it moved the House closer to ending the wider stalemate over immigration enforcement funding.

The measure would run through 2029, carrying ICE and CBP past the end of Trump’s second term and into the next phase of the fight over federal immigration power. Legislative text tied to the package would provide $30.73 billion for ICE personnel and $22.57 billion for CBP personnel through fiscal 2029, underscoring how much of the bill is aimed at staffing the enforcement machinery rather than short-term operating relief. Republicans advanced the package through budget reconciliation, the procedural route that lets them sidestep a Senate filibuster and keep the money moving on party-line votes.

The Senate had already approved the same legislation on June 5 by 52-47, with Lisa Murkowski of Alaska the only Republican to break ranks. That vote came after prolonged disputes over a separate $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund tied to Trump-related settlements, a side fight that slowed the process and exposed intraparty tensions over whether to block or redirect the payments. House Speaker Mike Johnson met with Trump on June 9 to discuss the package, a sign of how central the bill has become to the administration’s domestic agenda.

Democrats blasted the measure as a blank check for ICE and Border Patrol. House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar called it “a $70 billion blank check for ICE and border patrol, with no strings attached,” while House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro said ICE had already received $75 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Democrats also warned that the broader Department of Homeland Security funding fight had already forced parts of the department to shut down and could again put pressure on TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard if Congress keeps treating immigration enforcement as a separate priority.

For Republicans, the vote is both policy and politics: a bet that locking in more money for ICE and Border Patrol will cement Trump’s crackdown through 2029. For Democrats, it is a campaign issue and a governing warning, one they are likely to use against GOP leaders who chose enforcement funding over broader oversight. The bill now heads to Trump’s desk.