House Approves $70 Billion to Fund ICE Through the End of Trump’s Term

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill providing $70 billion in funding for ICE through the end of Donald Trump’s current term.

The measure, which concerns funding for the immigration agency, passed by the narrowest of margins—214 votes to 212.

After the vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the agency would receive guaranteed funding for three years. “We have full funding for three years,” he said. According to Johnson, the decision deprives Democrats of the ability to “cut that funding, block it or hold it hostage for the remainder of the Trump administration.”

Consideration of the bill was accompanied by tense negotiations inside the Republican Party. At the procedural stage, the vote was delayed by nearly half an hour as the leadership tried to persuade members of the conservative wing to support the measure.

One Republican, Representative Tim Walberg, initially voted against the measure, briefly bringing the tally to a tie. He later changed his position, after which the vote was concluded.

The bill must now be sent to Donald Trump for his signature.