Overview

• The Senate approved its budget reconciliation bill in a narrow vote, sending it back to the House for reconciliation before President Trump can sign it.
• The Senate measure allocates $150 billion to $175 billion for immigration enforcement over four years, surpassing ICE’s existing $8 billion annual budget.
• It designates $45 billion for immigration detention facilities and $46.5 billion for U.S.-Mexico border barrier construction and related technology.
• Staffing provisions allocate $32 billion for ICE and 287(g) partnerships, $7 billion for Border Patrol and customs officers, and $3.3 billion for immigration judges and support staff.
• The legislation imposes new fees on asylum seekers, authorizes indefinite family detention contrary to the Flores settlement and paves the way for daily arrest quotas of up to 3,000.