Washington, June 5 -- The US Senate has approved a long-delayed funding package for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following an arduous overnight legislative battle which was dominated by disputes over the Trump administration's now-scrapped "anti-weaponisation" fund.
Lawmakers passed the roughly $70 billion package by a marginal 52-47 vote on Friday morning, securing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump's term.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined the Democrats in opposing the measure, which is now headed to the House of Representatives.
GOP lawmakers pushed the package through using the budget rec...