House Republicans Blast Senate GOP for Delaying $1.8 Billion Immigration Vote
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Updated · Fox News · May 22
House Republicans Blast Senate GOP for Delaying $1.8 Billion Immigration Vote
14 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 22
House Republicans accused Senate GOP leaders of stalling a $1.8 billion immigration-enforcement reconciliation package instead of bringing it to a vote this week.
Trump had pushed for the bill to reach his desk by June 1 to fund ICE and Border Patrol, making the delay a setback for his timetable.
Todd Blanche met Senate Republicans Thursday after more than two dozen senators pressed for guardrails on the Justice Department's new Anti-Weaponization Fund, including whether Jan. 6 police assailants could be excluded.
The Justice Department said the fund is separate from reconciliation and that none of the money sought in the immigration package would finance it.
The dispute exposed a broader split inside congressional Republicans over how quickly to advance Trump's immigration agenda and whether unrelated DOJ concerns are slowing it.
How does the executive's new $1.8B fund bypass traditional congressional spending authority?