Overview
- The four-bill package funds Defense, Labor–HHS–Education, Transportation–HUD, and Homeland Security, totaling about $1.2 trillion with roughly $839 billion for Defense, $221 billion for Labor–HHS–Education, about $102 billion for Transportation–HUD, and $64.4 billion for DHS.
- The DHS title retains about $10 billion for ICE but adds new constraints, including $20 million for body-worn cameras, mandated de-escalation training, quarterly reporting, and tighter limits on how the department can shift funds.
- Democratic summaries say the bill cuts ICE enforcement and removal operations by $115 million, reduces detention capacity by 5,500 beds, and trims CBP funding by nearly $1.3 billion.
- Top Democratic appropriators signaled support due to added oversight of ICE, while progressive Democrats threatened to oppose any measure that funds immigration enforcement without broader reforms.
- House leaders plan a vote this week, with a potential separate vote on the DHS title, and the Senate will take up the package next week, where 60 votes are required to clear it before the Jan. 30 deadline.