U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies. The non-binding budget resolution passed 50-48, with two Republicans opposing the measure.
The plan would fund the two agencies for three years through the rest of Trump’s term and follows a historic partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. To secure the funding without Democratic support, Republicans are utilizing a rarely used budgetary tool known as budget reconciliation.
The vote concluded a marathon series of sessions that began on Wednesday. In advancing the budget measure, Republicans ignored demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their operations.