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Trump Signs $70 B Bill, Ends DHS Shutdown

6/10/2026

Summary

Story summary

The $70 billion package cleared Congress through reconciliation and was signed by President Donald Trump.
The House and Senate approved it, passing it 214-212 and 52-47, with only Republican Lisa Murkowski opposing.
Funding ends longest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown after Democrats refused to fund them after Minneapolis shootings, prompting Speaker Mike Johnson to hail it and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to call it a $70 billion check for ICE.

History

Historical Context

When President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996, it empowered the Attorney General to add multilayered fencing—$12 million near San Diego—and to boost border-patrol staff by at least 1,000 each year from 1997 onward, launching the 287(g) partnership and expedited removal. Those enforcement tools have shaped subsequent funding boosts for ICE under the Department of Homeland Security.

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Story summary

The $70 billion package cleared Congress through reconciliation and was signed by President Donald Trump.
The House and Senate approved it, passing it 214-212 and 52-47, with only Republican Lisa Murkowski opposing.
Funding ends longest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown after Democrats refused to fund them after Minneapolis shootings, prompting Speaker Mike Johnson to hail it and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to call it a $70 billion check for ICE.

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