U.S. President Donald Trump displays the Secure America Act signed into law in the Oval Office of the White House on June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump signed a $70 billion bill Wednesday to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the end of his term.
The package to pay for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection passed Congress last week after months of debate and delays amid Democratic concerns about overly aggressive immigration enforcement.
At a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump said the bill “gives the heroes of ICE and Border Patrol…the support and resources they need to protect our borders, protect our homeland, and keep America safe.”
Democrats have denied funding to two Department of Homeland Security agencies since January, when two Americans died at the hands of federal agents during a migrant surge in Minneapolis.
Republicans pursued a parliamentary process known as budget reconciliation over Democratic opposition. The process allows controversial spending and budget measures to be passed with a simple majority in the Senate with partisan support, as opposed to the 60 votes typically needed to overcome a filibuster.
The Senate advanced the immigration funding measure on Friday by a vote of 52-47, with no Democrats voting in favor. The House followed suit on Tuesday, approving the bill 214-212, also without Democratic support.
“Despite Democratic efforts to shut down ICE and Border Patrol, Republicans fully funded these agencies by nearly $70 billion throughout President Trump’s second term,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who heads the Senate Budget Committee, said in a statement Tuesday. “Thanks to President Trump, our border has gone from being our most vulnerable point to our most secure in less than two years.”
President Trump initially wanted the package to be on his desk by June 1, but progress stalled after he announced a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund last month, sparking pushback from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
Despite obvious dissatisfaction, most Republicans last week voted against a Democratic bill that would eliminate the fund.
Meanwhile, less than a week after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the fund plan had stalled, President Trump said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he wants to move forward with the fund.
