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Senate Passes $70B Immigration Bill, Blocks SAVE Act

Is this a border security win or an unaccountable blank check?

16 hours ago·Updated 14 hours ago

Senate Passes $70B Immigration Bill, Blocks SAVE Act

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Above: Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) at the Senate in Washington, D.C., on June 4. Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Spin

Republican narrative

This funding is a massive victory for border security, delivering the tens of billions needed for ICE and Border Patrol to finish Trump's agenda. Democrats fought tooth and nail to block it, proving they'd rather obstruct enforcement than secure the border. As for the SAVE Act's defeat, it shows the deep state is still standing in the way of common-sense voter integrity laws backed by over 80% of Americans.

Mario Nawfal on X Townhall

Democratic narrative

Handing $70 billion to ICE and Border Patrol through a partisan reconciliation maneuver is a blank check for continuing these agencies' authoritarian drift. Zero accountability measures were attached to the bill, meaning they'll face no oversight while communities bear the consequences. Democrats saw right through the Republican charade of sneaking voter suppression into a bill dressed up as enforcement.

Alex Padilla on X ACLU