Republicans Want To Borrow Every Single Dollar of the $72 Billion Bill To Fund ICE and Trump's Ballroom |
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Republicans Want To Borrow Every Single Dollar of the $72 Billion Bill To Fund ICE and Trump's Ballroom
The party of fiscal responsibility strikes again.
Eric Boehm | 5.6.2026 1:55 PM
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Senate Republicans have unveiled their plan to fund immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump's ballroom, and the proposal might take fiscal irresponsibility to a new record high.
The two bills included in the package call for spending nearly $72 billion. Remarkably, every single dollar would be borrowed.
That's according to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the bill, which was released on Wednesday morning. According to the CBO, the bill would direct $38 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and spend $26 billion on various programs run by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The largest share of the CBP funding is $19.1 billion to allow the agency to "hire, pay, train, and equip border patrol agents, officers, and support staff," according to the CBO. Another $3.5 billion will fund screening efforts at the border.
The so-called reconciliation package is an attempt by Republicans to bypass Democratic opposition........