05/20/2026
Republicans are scheduling votes for their ICE & Border Patrol funding bill this week, with the final Senate vote coming as soon as Thursday and the House vote expected shortly after. Reminder: This bill would give ICE and Border Patrol more than $70 billion for their detention camps, militarized deployments, and lawless arrests. As the cherry on top, Republicans added $1 billion in the bill for Trump’s ballroom.
The vast majority of Americans don’t want more money shoveled into ICE, Border Patrol, and Trump’s ballroom while they struggle to afford housing, food, and healthcare. Republicans know this -- that’s why they’re trying to move quickly to pass the bill this week. The longer it takes, the more time public backlash can grow, and the harder it will be for GOP leaders to keep their caucus unified. In fact, the cracks are already showing: