Senate Committee passes reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP
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May 20, 2026 · 7 min
About this episode
The Senate Committee passed a reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP for fiscal year 2026, including significant allocations for recruitment and operations.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed a reconciliation bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026. The bill includes $9.5 billion for CBP recruitment and nearly $7.5 billion for ICE recruitment for fiscal 2026. It also includes about $3.5 billion for other CBP operations funding through fiscal 2029, including procurement and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning for mission support. The bill passed with a vote of 8 to 5. The reconciliation bill comes after Congress shut down the Department of Homeland Security for a record-breaking 76 days earlier this year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Topics covered
- government funding
- immigration enforcement
- Congress
- Homeland Security
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
Keywords
- Senate Committee
- reconciliation bill
- ICE funding
- CBP funding
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- Homeland Security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection
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