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U.S. Senate votes to advance  billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol

U.S. Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol

U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan ⁠to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their operations. Lawmakers voted 50-48 in the predawn ​hours to adopt the non-binding budget resolution and send it ​to the U.S. House of Representatives, taking a ​crucial step forward in their effort to end a partial shutdown that has gripped the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February. Two Republicans — Senators Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski — opposed the measure. If adopted by the House, the resolution will allow congressional committees to begin filling in the details on how the $70 billion would be spent in separate legislation ⁠that President ‌Donald Trump would have to sign into law. The new funding would be expected to ⁠run through Trump’s presidency, which ends in January 2029. With Democrats adamantly opposed to the funding initiative, Republicans plan to employ a rarely used procedure known as budget reconciliation in the …

Record-breaking nuclear submarine patrol shows ‘something is wrong’ | UK | News

Record-breaking nuclear submarine patrol shows ‘something is wrong’ | UK | News

A record-breaking deployment of a Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine shows there is “something wrong”, a former chief has warned. HMS Vanguard returned to her Faslane base on Saturday following 205 days under the waves. The huge patrol beats the previous record of 204 days, also set by HMS Vanguard, last year. The ageing Vanguard-class submarines, which carry the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent missiles, have suffered from repeated availability issues in recent years amid maintenance delays. Former Navy chief Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, who was Chief of the Defence Staff between 2021 and 2025, said HMS Vanguard’s deployment is concerning. Speaking to The Sun, who broke the story, he said: “There is something wrong when sailors are having to put to sea for extraordinarily long patrols in complex machines beyond their original design life.” The Navy has four Vanguard-class submarines which first entered service 33 years ago, designed to deploy for up to between three to four months at a time. At least one of the boats is always on patrol upholding the UK’s Continuous At-Sea …

Funding Effort for ICE, Border Patrol Could Begin in Senate Next Week, Majority Leader Says

Funding Effort for ICE, Border Patrol Could Begin in Senate Next Week, Majority Leader Says

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – Partisan legislation to fund Donald Trump’s ⁠immigration ⁠enforcement activities through the end of his ⁠presidency in January 2029 could begin moving through the U.S. Senate by the end ​of this month, according to Republican senators and aides. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican, is pushing for quick action on a bill ‌that would pave the way for ‌funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol, which are parts of the Department of Homeland Security. He told reporters ⁠on Tuesday the ⁠full Senate could begin work “as early as next week.” The Senate is scheduled to ​begin a week-long recess on May 1. This year’s annual funding for ICE and Border Patrol has been held up amid a disagreement between congressional Republicans and Democrats over imposing new operating procedures for the two agencies. REPUBLICANS AIM FOR MAJORITY TO PASS BILL In a move to get ​new money approved without Democratic support, Republicans want to use a special Senate procedure allowing bills to pass by ⁠a ⁠simple majority, instead …

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in Riot Gear

Border Patrol Agents Sold Challenge Coins With ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Characters in Riot Gear

US Border Patrol agents are raising money by selling coins that commemorate last year’s wave of immigration enforcement “operations” across the country, along with other merchandise. The funds are for nonprofit organizations that list Border Patrol buildings as their address in IRS paperwork. At least two of the organizations have dedicated US Customs and Border Protection email addresses. The front side of one coin for sale reads, “NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025,” along with the acronyms for US Border Patrol and the acronym for “fuck around and find out”—a phrase that was initially popularized by the far-right group the Proud Boys and has been used by various Trump officials. In the center, the coin depicts a gas mask, a riot control smoke grenade, and a pepper ball launcher. On the other side, the coin appears to have a portrait of Border Patrol’s now retired commander-at-large, Gregory Bovino, with his arm raised in a salute, along with the text “COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!” It lists seven cities, many of which actually saw federal enforcement surges …

Judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order

Judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order

A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit. In a tersely worded decision unsealed Thursday morning, the judge wrote that agents had “again detained people without reasonable suspicion,” relying on broad assumptions about day laborers instead of specific evidence of immigration violations. The ruling by Judge Jennifer Thurston of the Eastern District of California grants a United Farm Workers motion to enforce a preliminary injunction the judge issued last year. That motion barred Border Patrol agents from detaining people in California’s Central Valley without documenting the specific facts and reasoning for the stops. According to one legal expert, the ruling gives the Trump administration an opportunity to comply before consequences could escalate. Thurston highlighted that point during a hearing last year, telling the federal government: “You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say, ‘Give me your papers.’” Thurston’s original order also prohibited agents from carrying out warrantless arrests without first assessing whether a person is a flight risk. A …

Migrants leave France hours after Mahmood fails to agree new beach patrol deal

Migrants leave France hours after Mahmood fails to agree new beach patrol deal

According to Le Monde, Xavier Ducept, France’s junior minister for the sea, told a French parliamentary commission of inquiry last week: “What we want is for … the British to contribute to funding interception systems, which are very expensive. But they must not make this funding conditional on a type of efficiency that could be extremely dangerous for migrants, for the (security) services, and for France … rescue comes first. And the law.” Source link

United States: ICE agents patrol airports amid govt shutdown

United States: ICE agents patrol airports amid govt shutdown

US immigration agency began deploying to major airports on Monday, as officials scrambled to ease mounting travel disruption during a prolonged, partial government shutdown. The move places Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel – already under intense scrutiny after fatal shootings linked to immigration operations – in highly visible roles at crowded transport hubs across the country. Keywords for this article Source link