The Senate has approved a budget bill that allocates approximately $150 billion towards immigration and border enforcement, which would elevate Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the highest-funded law enforcement agency. Key elements include $46.5 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border wall and $32 billion for staffing and enforcement improvements. The bill's passing may increase the deficit by nearly $3.5 trillion over the next decade, while immigration provisions in both Senate and House versions remain similar amid evolving legislation negotiations.
The budget bill narrowly approved by the Senate on Tuesday includes massive funding infusions - roughly $150 billion - toward immigration and border enforcement.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement would become the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government, exceeding its current yearly $3.4-billion detention budget.
$46.5 billion would be allocated toward fortifying the U.S.-Mexico border wall and interdicting migrant smugglers at sea.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that enacting the bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.5 trillion over the next 10 years.
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