US President Donald Trump signs the ‘Secure America Act’ in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on June 10, 2026. EFE/AARON SCHWARTZ / POOL
Washington, June 10 (EFE) – US President Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday a bill allocating $70 billion to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration agencies, ending four months of uncertainty regarding funding for his immigration enforcement agenda.
“I am very pleased to sign the Secure America Act to immediately and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of my term, so that we no longer have to talk about this issue,” the president said at an event in the Oval Office.
Trump addressed immigration officers, saying he would raise a glass to “the heroes of ICE and the Border Patrol—because that’s what they are: heroes, given the hard work they do to keep us safe—and to the support and resources needed to defend our borders, protect our homeland, and keep America safe.”
The law was passed Tuesday in Congress by a very narrow margin of 214 votes to 212, after having been previously approved by the Senate last week.
With the passage of this legislation, a budget impasse stemming from a long-running dispute over the limits of these agencies has been broken, particularly after some of its agents were implicated in the deaths of Alex Pretti and Nicole Good during protests against immigration raids in Minneapolis in January.
Democrats in Congress had refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security until Republicans agreed to a series of measures to guarantee respect for the law and human rights in immigration policy, measures which ultimately were not approved. EFE
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