Senate parliamentarian rules against some immigration enforcement funding
Elizabeth MacDonough said several provisions need 60 votes, forcing Republicans to rewrite a $72 billion immigration funding plan before a committee markup next week.
- On Thursday, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough struck down major provisions of the GOP's $72 billion immigration enforcement reconciliation package, ruling they violated the Senate's restrictive Byrd Rule.
- Republicans attempted to use the Homeland Security Committee's reconciliation lane to fund Border Patrol and Customs Enforcement, but MacDonough determined the $71.7 billion core architecture required a 60-vote threshold rather than a simple majority.
- Provisions totaling $2.5 billion in Department of Homeland Security appropriations were also flagged, as MacDonough determined the package 'inappropriately funds' activities outside the committee's jurisdiction.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham must now 'redraft and abandon the stripped provisions' to comply with the ruling before the impending June 1 deadline.
- The ruling complicates the party's efforts to pass immigration enforcement funding through the reconciliation process, forcing Republicans to find alternative legislative paths before President Donald Trump's June 1 deadline.
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