Text was approved 52 to 47 and now goes to vote in the Chamber of Representatives
The US Senate approved a bill that allocates US$70 billion to finance the (Immigration and Customs Service) and the Border Patrol for 3 years – a period that covers the remainder of the term of the president of the United States, (Republican Party).
Voting ended on this Friday (June 5, 2026). 52 to 47 in favor of the text. The project goes for analysis and voting in the Chamber of Representatives.
Democrats add to the project topics such as Trump’s plan for US$1.8 billion to compensate people who, according to him, were victims of the government in the case of the invasion of the Capitol.
The had already announced on Tuesday (June 2) the decision to abandon the creation of the fund.
In testimony to the Chamber, the acting attorney general, , said that the government would not continue with the program, called “fund against political instrumentalization”. The initiative faced strong internal resistance within the allied base itself and had been provisionally blocked by a decision by federal judge Leonie Brinkema.
The fund’s goal was to compensate people who claimed to have been targets of political persecution or unfair treatment by the federal government during the Democratic Party’s mandate. Critics claimed that the mechanism could function as a kind of parallel fund for the benefit of Trump’s allies.
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