Congress Adopts 2026 Budget Resolution Unlocking $70B in ICE/CBP Reconciliation Funding; Senate Floor Vote Targeting May 11

Both chambers of Congress finalized adoption of the fiscal year 2026 budget resolution by April 30, 2026 — a procedural step that unlocks the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process for approximately $70 billion in new immigration enforcement funding for ICE and CBP. The House voted along party lines; the Senate passed it following an overnight 'vote-a-rama' in which Democrats forced dozens of recorded votes on immigration enforcement amendments, all of which failed. Trump set a June 1, 2026 deadline for passage of the reconciliation bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced the floor vote targeting the week of May 11, after a one-week recess. The $70 billion package — which includes new detention facility construction, expanded deportation flights, electronic monitoring, and border barrier funding — comes amid a partial DHS shutdown: Senate Democrats have blocked regular FY2026 appropriations over immigration enforcement controversies including the mandatory ICE detention policy struck down by the Second Circuit on April 28. The reconciliation approach would allow the entire package to pass with 51 Senate votes, bypassing the 60-vote cloture threshold that Democrats have used to block individual appropriations bills.