Senate Passes $140B for Trump's Immigration Crackdown

0:00On April 23rd, Senate Republicans just pushed through a budget plan to pump $140 billion into Trump's immigration crackdown, focusing on immigration and customs enforcement and customs and border protection. They passed it 50-48 in the early morning hours, clearing a key hurdle while the Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on. This resolution kicks off the budget reconciliation process, letting them dodge a Democratic filibuster and get funding to those agencies, which have been cashstrapped since mid-February. Democrats all voted no, joined by two Republicans, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul, after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in a Minneapolis. Operation back in January, that sparked them plushes for reforms like no masks for agents and warrants required, but talks fell apart. Now the plan heads to the House for approval, then committees will draft the actual bill. House Speaker Mike Johnson says they'll sequence it with a separate bipartisan measure

1:00from last month to fund the rest of DHS operations. Meanwhile, during the marathon vote, Aarama, Democrats floated amendments on grocery prices and health care costs, but they didn't pass, keeping the focus squarely on border security as midterms heat up.