The U.S. Senate approved legislation allocating an additional $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol. This action advances a significant aspect of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda, despite objections from Democratic lawmakers and civil liberties organizations.
The U.S. Senate voted to block an appropriations bill that would have reauthorized ICE’s budget without added oversight or restrictions, following public pressure after a fatal agent-involved incident.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 4371, a bill that would expand the federal government’s power to detain unaccompanied immigrant children and authorize invasive search practices, which the ACLU warns could cause serious psychological harm to children.
The proposed federal Medicaid cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could force California counties to bear an additional $1 billion in costs to maintain behavioral health services, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands without access to mental health and substance use treatment.
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