# House approves budget path for billions in immigration enforcement funding **Published:** 2026-04-30T15:33:56.000Z **Source:** [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/30/repub/us-house-votes-to-launch-process-to-provide-billions-for-trump-mass-deportations/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://lincolne.news/article/house-approves-budget-path-for-billions-in-immigration-enforcement-funding The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a [budget resolution in a 215-211 party-line vote](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026143) that clears the way for Congress to provide tens of billions in additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol for the remainder of President Donald Trump's term in office, according to reporting by the [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/30/repub/us-house-votes-to-launch-process-to-provide-billions-for-trump-mass-deportations/). California independent Rep. Kevin Kiley, formerly a Republican, voted "present." The adoption of the budget resolution Wednesday night unlocks the complicated budget reconciliation process that will allow Republicans to fund immigration enforcement without needing Democratic support. The [measure was approved by the Senate earlier this month](https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-senate-gop-adopts-budget-blueprint-laying-path-billions-ice-border-patrol) and does not require Trump's signature. The action comes as [the Trump administration warned that money to pay Transportation Security Administration and other agency personnel would "soon run out,"](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2026/04/white-house-says-funds-to-pay-tsa-and-other-homeland-security-workers-will-soon-run-out/) intensifying pressure to resolve the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began February 14. Republicans expect the reconciliation bill to cost around $70 billion, though it can cost up to $140 billion under the budget resolution's instructions. This represents a significant increase from the $10 billion allocation for ICE and the $18.3 billion for Customs and Border Protection that Congress was initially on track to approve earlier this year. The process allows GOP lawmakers to move the measure through the Senate without securing the 60 votes typically required to end debate. The funding clash stems from disagreement over immigration enforcement practices. House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., cited recent incidents in which immigration agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. "I think the vast majority of the American people agree with me that we need to have a secure border, but that we cannot have any agency of our government carrying out killings on our streets," he said. Democrats have sought guardrails on immigration agents including requirements for body cameras, restrictions on mask-wearing and roving patrols, prohibitions on detaining people in certain locations like houses of worship and schools, and bans on racial profiling. Republicans removed ICE and Border Patrol funding from annual DHS appropriations after negotiations with Democrats over these safeguards failed to reach agreement. When combined with a separate Senate-passed bill that Speaker Mike Johnson has so far refused to bring to the House floor, the measures are expected to eventually end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security and provide the administration with substantial resources for immigration enforcement operations. ## Sources - [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/30/repub/us-house-votes-to-launch-process-to-provide-billions-for-trump-mass-deportations/) - [House Clerk vote record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026143) - [Federal News Network reporting on DHS funding concerns](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2026/04/white-house-says-funds-to-pay-tsa-and-other-homeland-security-workers-will-soon-run-out/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Nebraska Examiner, enriched with 3 web searches. The original source is available at https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/30/repub/us-house-votes-to-launch-process-to-provide-billions-for-trump-mass-deportations/.