Senate Advances ICE Funding Plan

The late-night 'vote-a-rama' saw Republicans defeat dozens of Democratic amendments aimed at lowering the cost of living and increasing oversight of ICE agents.

The $70 billion increase is intended to bankroll Border Patrol operations and mass deportation efforts for the next three years.

Democrats have slammed the move as a partisan 'shakedown' that ignores the needs of struggling American families.

The budget resolution's passage is a critical step toward ending the two-month partial government shutdown that has paralyzed the DHS.