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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Senate Approves ICE Funding Boost After Overnight Vote Marathon
Caption: Senate Approves ICE Funding Boost After Overnight Vote Marathon. The U.S. Senate held a marathon “vote-a-rama” session on a Republican-backed bill to increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. The measure would provide roughly $70 billion in additional immigration enforcement funding over the next three years. Republicans argued the money is needed to support the Trump administration’s deportation and border-security agenda. Democrats opposed the bill and used amendment votes to challenge several unrelated provisions. A central dispute focused on a controversial Justice Department settlement fund that critics describe as a potential political slush fund. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer proposed an amendment to permanently block the fund. Several Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the effort, but the amendment failed by a narrow margin. The Senate ultimately passed the immigration funding bill largely along party lines and sent it to the House for consideration. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Chuck Schumer,republicans,democrats,clash,bipartisan deal,failed,narrow margin,ICE,Homeland Security,funding,DOJ,slush fund,Donald Trump,border control,majority leader,John Thune
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