Senate begins voting on funding immigration enforcement after Trumps settlement fund is dropped
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate is moving forward with legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the White House to drop its settlement fund for political allies and stripping a separate proposal for White House security from the bill. The Senate voted 53-46 on Wednesday to begin debate on the roughly $70 billion bill to fund U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The legislation was delayed for weeks as Republican senators the D...
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