This June 5, the US Senate approved a bill that will allocate approximately US$70 billion to finance migration operations.
The project foresees that these funds They run until the end of Donald Trump’s term in 2029.
The measure will distribute resources to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), primarily to reinforce the operations of Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Media such as CNN affirm that the initiative also seeks to protect these agencies from future disputes in the Senate that could lead to a government shutdown.
One of the most controversial points is the absence of a clause that prohibits the fund of US$1.8 billion with which Trump intended to compensate his allies who faced legal proceedings during the Joe Biden Administration (2021-2025).
Nor does it include resources to finance the security of the future and controversial ballroom that Trump has insisted on building in the White House.
The new package adds to the more than $150 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s security forces approved by Congress in July 2025 as part of the broad tax cut law also promoted by the president, which consolidates ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as two of the best-funded federal agencies in the country.
The Democrats en bloc rejected the initiative approved today by the Upper House, considering that it lacks safeguards to limit the powers of immigration agents, and They fear it will lead to more abuses against asylum seekers and immigrant communities.