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{"id":24063,"date":"2026-06-11T21:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-signs-bill-giving-nearly-70b-to-his-immigration-enforcement-agenda-through-end-of-his-term\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:21:12","slug":"trump-signs-bill-giving-nearly-70b-to-his-immigration-enforcement-agenda-through-end-of-his-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trump-signs-bill-giving-nearly-70b-to-his-immigration-enforcement-agenda-through-end-of-his-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs bill giving nearly $70B to his immigration enforcement agenda through end of his term"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<p>                                <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1781107785000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\">                    <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template>                    <span data-date><\/span>                <\/bsp-timestamp>            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                    <bsp-page-actions>                            <\/bsp-page-actions>                                                            <\/div>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>  signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-department-of-homeland-security\">immigration and deportation agenda<\/a><\/span>  a nearly <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-enforcement-funding-trump-congress-republicans-c395a434f47fa41a7131369847091910\">$70 billion boost<\/a><\/span>  for the rest of his time in the White House. <\/p>\n<p>The bill provides $38 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and $26 billion for the Border Patrol. An additional $5 billion would cover unforeseen costs, according to the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Trump signed the legislation in the Oval Office a day after House Republicans pushed the measure through by a 214-212 vote over the objections of Democrats. His signature ended a nearly six-month fight over Department of Homeland Security funding that began with shooting deaths of deaths of two U.S. citizens, <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minneapolis-ice-fbi-alex-pretti-immigration-65a963816603a08bbc9db83961dd173f\">Alex Pretti<\/a><\/span>  and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/renee-good-ice-shooting-minneapolis-f766260ec7cfbb2b158d6b8eb3403607\">Renee Good<\/a><\/span>in January during federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                    <bsp-figure>    <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                        <a id=\"image-320000\"><\/a>                             <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Erin Hooley, File)\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/3885d37\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F1d%2Fc103e352081ebdfec64153ddeaae%2F77a8760d9cda494bb2ed535c3425da60\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Erin Hooley, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                                <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                        <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                            <\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Erin Hooley, File)<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                    <\/div>\n<p>    <\/template>    <\/bsp-figure>                <\/div>\n<p>Democrats began demanding changes to immigration enforcement after the shootings, creating an impasse &mdash; and resulting in the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/homeland-security-shutdown-funding-trump-republicans-d377a15c40ad0f430983b6d918b24bb6\">longest agency in history<\/a><\/span>  &mdash; that ultimately led Republicans to go it alone on the funding.<\/p>\n<p>The agencies will be funded through the next three years. The new law front-loads routine annual funding, ensuring a virtually uninterrupted flow of money as the Trump administration <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-ice-border-trump-mass-deportations-77ca6741fe11ac35852c8b15d3016991\">seeks to deport<\/a><\/span>  some 1 million people per year.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation had become sidetracked over $1 billion for White House security, including for Trump&rsquo;s <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ballroom-construction-east-wing-275f8034ad3817ca78aa085d1c202c32\">new ballroom<\/a><\/span>and a $1.8 billion fund to compensate his allies who claim to be victims of political prosecution. Both proposals became politically toxic and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-billion-ballroom-trump-funding-bill-republicans-d0b0d2ee59a95f6199d80998ab89d7e4\">were scrapped<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill as passed focused exclusively on immigration enforcement, a topic that Republicans have treated as a defining issue between the two major political parties and one the GOP hopes will carry it to victory in November&rsquo;s <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elections\">midterm elections<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-immigration-enforcement-dhs-ice-deportation-9eef2e24fede3e4d593be462cbcf31f2\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House. 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