US House Passes $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Funding Bill Amid Sharp Partisan Divisions
On June 9, 2026, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the Secure America Act by a vote of 214-212, sending to President Donald Trump‘s desk approximately $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, extending federal immigration enforcement funding through the remainder of Trump‘s term and shielding the agencies from future government shutdown fights.
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Global N Press
6/11/20261 min read
On June 9, 2026, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed the Secure America Act by a vote of 214-212, sending to President Donald Trump‘s desk approximately $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, extending federal immigration enforcement funding through the remainder of Trump‘s term and shielding the agencies from future government shutdown fights. The Senate had approved the legislation one week earlier on June 5, after overcoming intense internal Republican divisions over Trump’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” settlement fund, with a final vote of 52-47. Only one Republican, Alaska‘s Lisa Murkowski, voted against it. Republicans used the budget reconciliation process to bypass the Senate’s 60-vote threshold and circumvent unified Democratic opposition.
Democrats strongly opposed the bill, arguing that it provided an additional $70 billion on top of $170 billion already allocated to immigration enforcement in July 2025, and criticized the settlement fund as a potential slush fund for Trump allies that could compensate supporters charged with attacking police officers during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Trump signed the bill on June 10, marking what some Republicans predicted would be his last major legislative victory before the midterm elections. The following day, June 11, Trump called for a third $350 billion reconciliation bill to deliver a massive Pentagon funding infusion alongside long-stalled election reform legislation, despite deep skepticism from senior Senate Republicans over the feasibility of passing such a measure in the limited legislative weeks remaining before November.
