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Immigration funding package
Coverage of Immigration funding package in the Nexus archive.
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- Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The Trump administration has abandoned a $1.77 billion fund to compensate individuals claiming wrongful prosecution by the Justice Department, a move that may facilitate Senate debate on a $70 billion immigration and deportation funding package. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the DOJ will not proceed with the fund, which was part of a legal settlement between Trump and the IRS.
- House Republicans fume at Senate for punting immigration funding package
House Republicans are angry at the Senate for delaying a vote on an immigration funding package past President Trump's June 1 deadline. The Senate's decision to push the vote to next month prevents Republicans from passing the bill without Democratic support as they had planned.