President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House.
President Donald Trump holds up the Secure America Act after signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday. The bill gives a nearly $70 billion boost to immigration enforcement for the remainder of Trump's second term.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House. The bill provides $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and $26 billion for the Border Patrol.
An additional $5 billion would cover unforeseen costs, according to the White House.a nearly six-month fight over Department of Homeland Security funding that began with the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, in January during federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Democrats began demanding changes to immigration enforcement after the shootings, creating an impasse — and resulting in the longest agency in history — that ultimately led Republicans to go it alone on the funding.
The agencies will be funded through the next three years. The new law front-loads routine annual funding, ensuring a virtually uninterrupted flow of money as the Trump administration seeks to deport some 1 million people per year. The legislation had become sidetracked over $1 billion for White House security, including for Trump's new ballroom, and a $1.8 billion fund to compensate his allies who claim to be victims of political prosecution.
Both proposals became The bill as passed focused exclusively on immigration enforcement, a topic that Republicans have treated as a defining issue between the two major political parties and one the GOP hopes will carry it to victory in November's midterm elections. Utah group to sue to halt detention center plans, paralleling Salt Lake City, county effortAs he runs in new district, McAdams says Democrats need to 'solve hard problems'
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