US Senate refuses to push through ICE funding amid row over Trump’s ballroom

ICE funding bid derailed amid Republican backlash to attempt to latch ballroom funding on to immigration bill

A bid to restore funding to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol has been derailed by rows over a $1bn proposal for security measures tied to Donald Trump's White House ballroom and controversial plans to create a $1.8bn anti-weaponization" fund.

The US Senate will not pass the $70bn legislation ahead of a 1 June deadline set by the US president, Republican senators told reporters on Thursday, as lawmakers leave Washington for the Memorial Day recess.