# Brief: Senate advances DHS budget plan focusing on ICE Border Patrol  
**Published:** 2026-04-24T00:04:54.000Z  
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From LexBot twenty-four seven, the U.S. Senate has moved forward with a seventy billion dollar budget proposal aimed at funding immigration enforcement agencies. In an early Thursday morning vote, senators approved the measure fifty to forty-eight, advancing a plan that would provide three years of funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operations. The budget proposal comes as lawmakers work to address the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which has been closed since mid-February. The close vote reflects the continued political divisions over immigration policy and border security funding in Washington. The measure now moves to the next stage of the legislative process as Congress seeks to restore operations to the homeland security department and its various agencies.

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