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Updated · Fox News · May 22
House Republicans Blast Senate GOP for Delaying $1.8 Billion Immigration Vote
Updated
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?