The immigration funding bill was on track to pass this week-but then a handful of controversial decisions by the Trump

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well well, looks like Trumpy and his Admin blew it up. Interesting details in article

Republicans’ immigration bill falls apart after opposition to #Trump’s .8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’

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Republicans’ immigration bill falls apart after opposition to Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’
The immigration funding bill was on track to pass this week — but then a handful of controversial decisions by the Trump administration set it back at least another week

Published: May 21, 2026, 11:56 a.m. MDT

https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/05/21/republicans-vote-multibillion-immigration-bill/


Congress won’t vote on Republicans’ multibillion-dollar immigration package this week as plans quickly fell apart over internal opposition to a pair of controversial items being pushed by the Trump administration that got entangled in the spending fight.

Senate Republicans announced they would not schedule votes related to the $70 billion immigration funding package on Thursday, instead leaving town for the scheduled Memorial Day recess. As a result, the House announced it would likely expedite votes to leave before the weekend — making it likely Republicans won’t consider the sweeping immigration funding bill until after the holiday.

Republican leaders had planned to vote on the package, which would fund federal immigration enforcement for the next three years, but those plans ran into a number of issues as members of the GOP conference raised their eyebrows at some of the provisions.

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