US Senate passes budget resolution to fund Trump’s deportation plan
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6VECT)
Bill approving $175bn for border security and extra $150bn for Pentagon faces tough challenge in House
The US Senate has passed a budget resolution that paves the way for funding Donald Trump's mass deportation plan after his border czar" said there were insufficient funds for the operation.
A 10-hour marathon session - dubbed a vote-a-rama" - concluded in the early hours of Friday morning with a 52-48 vote almost entirely on party lines in favor of a spending structure that would see $175bn reserved for border security, including Trump's prized border wall with Mexico, and a $150bn boost to the Pentagon budget.
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