Senate Releases Text for $72 Billion Proposal to Fund ICE, Border Patrol

The new details came days after lawmakers funded the rest of the Department of Homeland Security.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 22, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Republicans are one step closer to backing immigration and border law enforcement agencies that were left out of last month’s Department of Homeland Security funding bill.

Late on May 4, the Senate’s Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees released legislative text for a $72 billion plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection, among other items.