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GOP immigration enforcement bill stalls amid backlash to $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund
Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, GOP immigration enforcement bill stalls amid backlash to $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House and at an impasse over whether to try to block a new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted.
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- GOP immigration enforcement bill stalls amid backlash to $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fundPBS News - 2026-05-21T23:39:18+00:00
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