The United States House approved on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) a US$70 billion project to finance immigration enforcement actions until the end of the president’s (Republican) term. The text was approved by 214 votes to 212 and goes to presidential approval.
The proposal directs resources to ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Service) and CBP (United States Customs and Border Protection). The reported that the vote was practically divided between the parties, with independent representative Kevin Kiley joining the Democrats against the text.
The project, called the Secure America Act, was through budget reconciliation, a procedure that allows proposals linked to spending and revenue to be advanced with a simple majority. With this, Republicans avoided the 60-vote requirement, necessary for most votes in the House.
According to , most of the money will go to ICE and CBP. The newspaper reported that the package includes around US$38 billion for ICE, US$26 billion for CBP and US$5 billion for DHS (United States Department of Homeland Security). The resources cover operations until September 2029.
A said the approval ends a months-long dispute in Congress over funding for immigration enforcement agencies. Democrats opposed the bill because they advocated restrictions on the operations of federal agents, following the shooting of two US citizens by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January.
Disagreement over these rules led to a partial DHS shutdown for 76 days this year. In April, Trump signed a bipartisan law to fund part of the department until September 30, the end of the US fiscal year, but the agreement left out agencies linked to the government’s immigration policy.
During the proceedings, there was also a dispute over resources defended by Trump. A US$1 billion proposal for security at a White House event hall was removed from the text. Amendments to restrict a US$1.8 billion fund aimed at compensating the president’s political allies were rejected.
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