Senate passes $70 billion immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund

Key points

• The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early on Friday (June 5, 2026) morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the Bill.
• Senators voted 52-47 for the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through the end of Mr. Trump's term.
• The final vote came just before 5 a.m., after Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by Democrats and Republicans to add language to the Bill that would permanently ban Trump's settlement fund for political allies who believe they have been politically persecuted.
• Republicans cleared a major hurdle overnight when they defeated an amendment proposed by one of their own members, Louisiana Sen.
• Bill Cassidy, that would have redirected payments from the settlement to members of law enforcement who were injured in the January...