Senate Leaves for Memorial Day Recess Without Voting on $71.7B ICE/CBP Reconciliation Package — Trump's June 1 Signing Deadline Missed; 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund and Ballroom Security Provisions Stall Final Vote

On May 21–22, 2026, Senate Republicans departed Washington for the Memorial Day recess without holding a floor vote on the $71.7 billion ICE/CBP immigration enforcement reconciliation package, effectively missing President Trump's self-imposed June 1 signing deadline for the legislation. Two provisions proved insurmountable in the final days: a $1.776 billion Department of Justice 'anti-weaponization fund' designed to compensate Trump allies who allege political prosecution — which moderate Republican senators resisted as an inappropriate use of reconciliation rules — and an additional $1 billion White House East Wing and ballroom security line that the Senate Parliamentarian had already struck once for violating the Byrd Rule's deficit-neutrality requirements. Senate Majority Leader John Thune had announced a floor vote for the week of May 19 to meet Trump's June 1 deadline after the Senate Budget Committee voted 11–10 on May 20 to send the combined package to the floor. The delay pushes the floor vote to the week of June 1 at the earliest. The package, which funds 100,000+ ICE detention beds, deportation flight expansion, CBP staffing increases, 287(g) partnership subsidies, and immigration court operations, remains the largest proposed single-year immigration enforcement investment in U.S. history at approximately 8 times ICE's FY2024 base budget. Senate Democrats have vowed to challenge each provision under the Byrd Rule during the upcoming 'vote-a-rama' floor amendment process. ICE detention remains at a record 73,000+ as the bill awaits final action.