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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he’s collaborating with congressional Republican leaders to secure funding for immigration enforcement personnel using a legislative strategy that sidesteps Senate filibuster procedures.<\/p>

In a Wednesday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated: “We are going to work as fast, and as focused, as possible to replenish funding for our Border and ICE Agents.”<\/p>

The president is coordinating with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune on the initiative, which aims to boost resources for border security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.<\/p>

Trump set an ambitious timeline for the legislation, declaring: “I am asking that the Bill be on my desk NO LATER than June 1st.”<\/p>

The approach would utilize budget reconciliation procedures, allowing the measure to pass with a simple majority vote rather than the typical 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump announced Wednesday he’s collaborating with congressional leadership to secure funding for border and immigration enforcement agents. He’s pushing for legislation to reach his desk by June 1st using a process that avoids Senate filibuster rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775065846061.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-bUS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46098,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/senate-may-vote-thursday-on-partial-dhs-funding-as-shutdown-hits-day-47\/","url_meta":{"origin":45810,"position":0},"title":"Senate May Vote Thursday on Partial DHS Funding as Shutdown Hits Day 47","author":"Admin","date":"April 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Congressional leaders announced a two-step plan to end the longest partial government shutdown in history by funding most of the Department of Homeland Security except ICE and Border Patrol. 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