House Republicans vote to advance $70bn bill for Trump’s immigration crackdown

In party-line vote, House agrees to consider measure funding ICE and border patrol that passed Senate last week

House Republicans on Tuesday took a key vote to advance a $70bn bill funding the agencies leading Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants through the duration of his term, which would end a months-long standoff with Democrats that at one point forced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to shutter.

The Secure America Act, which passed the Senate last week, allocates $38bn to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26bn to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $5bn more to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September 2029.