Barbara Sprunt

After a late-night, early-morning voterama, the Senate adopted a budget resolution that enables Republicans to use reconciliation to fund ICE and Border Patrol for the next three and a half years.

Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky joined all Democrats in voting against it.

Now the measure heads to the House, where there's already efforts to broaden the scope beyond just immigration enforcement.

The budget tool of reconciliation was used to pass President Trump's signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill.

It's a complicated and lengthy process that enables a party to pass a measure along party lines with no filibuster threat.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, Washington.

For months, congressional Democrats have said they will not fund immigration enforcement agencies unless reforms are implemented, following the deaths of two U.S.

citizens at the hands of agents at protests earlier this year.

Republicans are looking to a budget tool called reconciliation to fund DHS along party lines, bypassing the need for Democratic support.

The budget resolution has an expected final price tag of about $70 billion, which should fund the agencies through President Trump's term.

The president has given a deadline of June 1st for the bill's passage.

but the process is long and complicated.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.

For months, congressional Democrats have said they will not fund immigration enforcement agencies unless reforms are implemented, following the deaths of two U.S.

citizens at the hands of agents at protests earlier this year.

Republicans are looking to a budget tool called reconciliation to fund DHS along party lines, bypassing the need for Democratic support.

The budget resolution has an expected final price tag of about $70 billion, which should fund the agencies through President Trump's term.

The president has given a deadline of June 1st for the bill's passage, but the process is long and complicated.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.

First, it has to pass the House.