STORY: :: Washington, D.C. / June 9, 2026

:: The U.S. House passes a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of Trump's administration 

:: Rep. Mike Johnson, (R) Speaker of the House

 "Just a few moments ago, the House Republicans voted to end the Democrat Department of Homeland Security shut down once and for all. And we are pleased to tell you that we'll be funding for the next three years, our border security and immigration enforcement. These are critical agencies and critical functions of the federal government, to state the obvious. And, it's rather shocking to us that Democrats wanted none of it."

:: Democrats opposed the funding after immigration agents fatally shot two Americans in January

"We have three full years of funding now, and there is not a Democrat here who voted to support that. But what we've done now by funding it for three years is we've taken away their ability to cut that funding, to block that funding, or to take hostage the funding for the remainder of the Trump administration.

The 214-212 vote, which was roughly along party lines, sends the partisan legislation to the White House for Trump's signature. Representative Kevin Kiley, a former Republican who has recently become an independent, joined Democrats to oppose the measure.

The Republican-led Senate passed the same bill late last week after a marathon voting session. Republicans used a fast-track process known as reconciliation, which allowed them to circumvent opposition from Senate Democrats.

Policy disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over reforms for immigration agents led to a 76-day partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. The shutdown largely ended in April, after Trump signed a bipartisan bill funding DHS agencies that are not involved in the president's immigration crackdown through September 30, the end of the fiscal year.

Democrats vehemently opposed funding for immigration enforcement after the fatal shootings of two Americans by immigration agents in January. But they failed to reach an agreement with the White House on a package of reforms.