US Senate passes $70bn immigration bill after clashes over settlement fund

US Senate passes $70bn immigration bill after clashes over settlement fund

Senate votes 52-47 to fund ICE and border patrol for next three years, sending legislation to the HouseThe US Senate passed legislation to fund Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776bn settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70bn legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol for the next three years, through the end of Trump’s term...

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