House Passes Funding Bill for DHS, Sending to Trump’s Desk

The House passed by voice vote on April 30 a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. The bill goes to President Donald Trump’s desk and will end a shutdown that began on Feb. 14. Democrats wanted immigration enforcement reforms in exchange for funding ICE and Border Patrol following the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration enforcement agents. These reforms include agents being maskless and carrying identification. Republicans will look to fund ICE and Border Patrol in a separate bill through a process called reconciliation that allows for bypassing the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate that applies to most legislation....