House adopts Senate-approved budget resolution to unlock ICE funding

Politics House adopts Senate-approved budget resolution to unlock ICE funding By Caitlin Yilek Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek Updated on: April 29, 2026 / 10:53 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — The House on Wednesday adopted a Senate-approved budget plan, the first step in a strategy that would allow Republicans to fund federal immigration agencies through the rest of President Trump's term without the help of Democrats.Senate Republicans unveiled and adopted the budget blueprint last week. Republicans are trying to meet Mr. Trump's June deadline to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, and end the funding lapse that has shut down the Department of Homeland Security since February.The resolution cleared the House in a 215 to 211 vote. It directs the committees that oversee ICE and Border Patrol to draft legislation to deliver about $70 billion to the agencies. Adoption of the budget plan simply allows lawmakers to begin their work crafting legislation to fund the agencies, which both chambers will later need to approve. Republicans are planning to fund other parts of DHS on a separate track.Republicans have stressed a renewed urgency to fully fund the department after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday. Democrats have argued that most of DHS could be funded immediately if House GOP leaders held a vote on legislation that the Senate passed with bipartisan support in March. In a memo to lawmakers on Tuesday, the Office of Management and Budget warned that DHS "will soon run out of critical operating funds, placing essential personnel and operations at risk." Mr. Trump had directed the department to f...