Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill, sending it to House

The Senate passed the Secure America Act early Friday, June 5, in a 52-47 vote on S. 2. The package is being described as a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement bill.

According to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s updated text, the measure would fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through fiscal year 2029. That would lock in federal spending for two of the main agencies involved in border enforcement and immigration operations for several years.

The bill is not law yet. It still needs the House to act before it can reach the president, and lawmakers there can accept it, change it, or delay it.

For readers, the immediate question is whether the House takes up the Senate version and whether the spending package keeps its current structure. If it does move forward, the measure could shape immigration enforcement funding through 2029; if it stalls, the fight over federal border spending will continue.

Sources

• U.S. Senate roll call vote 156
• Senate Judiciary Committee updated Secure America Act text
• Associated Press coverage of the Senate vote