$70 Billion in ICE, Border Funding Draws Mixed Reaction From Locals

$70 billion in ICE, border funding draws mixed reaction from locals

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - $70 billion in additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol is drawing mixed reaction from locals. The funding package would be used for staffing, technology and other immigration enforcement efforts. While some welcome the move, others are raising their concerns. "I really, actually would prefer to see more money spent on that to protect us and to move the people out that are here illegally. Until we have a system in place,…

$70B Bill Funding ICE, Border Patrol Through 2029 Heads to Trump’s Desk

By Thérèse Boudreaux Republicans in Congress on Tuesday sent their $70 billion bill funding federal immigration enforcement agencies through 2029 to President Donald Trump’s desk. The 214-212 U.S. House vote caps off Republicans’ months-long struggle to provide annual funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol. The Secure America Act, which Trump will...

Trump signs $70 billion homeland security bill, securing ICE and Border Patrol funding through end of term

President Donald Trump signed the $70 billion Republican-led homeland security bill Wednesday from the Oval Office, flanked by House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. The measure funds the Department of Homeland Security and provides resources to ICE and Border Patrol through the remainder of Trump's presidency, ending months of Democratic obstruction that had left the agencies' fut…