Republicans unveil budget resolution allotting up to $140 billion for ICE, CBP

U.S. Senate Republicans released a blueprint for their immigration enforcement funding bill Tuesday, paving the way to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for 67 days.

The budget resolution directs the congressional Judiciary and Homeland Security committees to craft a budget reconciliation bill – a filibuster-proof vehicle for advancing federal spending – that pledges annual funds to ICE and U.S. Border Patrol for the next 3.5 years.