The Republicans in the Senate have used the budget reconciliation process to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol after Democrats had promised to filibuster attempts to fund them via a typical budget bill. The Hill’s Alexander Bolton reports:

The final vote caps a ferocious battle between Senate Democrats and Republicans over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies that spanned months and caused a 76-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year.

Democrats announced in January they would not support any Homeland Security funding unless the Trump administration agreed to significant reforms, such as requiring federal immigration officers to obtain judicial warrants before entering private homes and banning them from wearing masks.

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