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Senate takes first step to fund ICE, Border Patrol in bid to cut Dems out of the funding process

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Senate Republicans launched their party-line gamble Tuesday to fund immigration operations for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s time in office.
The GOP took its first step in the budget reconciliation process, which is meant to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three-and-a-half years. The party-line vote sets up a forthcoming marathon vote on amendments in the upper chamber before the budget blueprint is shipped to the House.
It’s a maneuver meant to cut Democrats out of the process, as they refused to fund immigration operations absent stringent reforms during weeks of negotiations to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS GOP AIMS TO SPEND LESS
Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke to the media outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol after the Senate passed a Department of Homeland Security funding bill by unanimous consent on April 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«Republicans are doing something that must be done quickly, and that our Democrat colleagues are trying to prevent us from doing,» said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who crafted the resolution. «That something is simple: fully fund Border Patrol and ICE at a time of great threat to the United States.»
Republicans earlier unveiled their budget resolution, which will serve as the guiding framework as the GOP moves forward to fund immigration enforcement. It sets instructions for the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to spend up to $70 billion each.
While the combined sum of $140 billion is eye-popping, Republicans are eyeing between $70 billion and $80 billion as the final total for immigration enforcement and want to give both committees maximum flexibility as they craft the legislative meat of the package.
Senate Democrats argue that the money could go toward tackling affordability issues in the country, citing healthcare, housing, and soaring gas prices stemming from President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as examples.
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President Donald Trump spoke to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on April 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«No reforms, no accountability, no strings attached, let it sink in,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. «One hundred forty billion for ICE, $0 to lower your costs. That’s these days what the Republican Party seems to stand for. Senate Republicans are choosing to follow Trump and Stephen Miller instead of the needs of the American families.»
Turning to the party-line process to fund immigration operations was not the first choice for Republicans, but one made out of necessity given Democrats’ blockade of funding for ICE and much of CBP.
Still, some are worried about the precedent that could be set for how Congress is supposed to fund the government.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., raised that concern and argued, «I don’t see any way, in a Trump administration, that they’re gonna come to the table and fund those two agencies.»
SENATE REPUBLICANS RACE TO FUND ICE, CBP WITHOUT DEMOCRATS AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference following Senate Democrat policy luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«We tried to avoid this. But at some point, we recognized that they’re just not gonna get to ‘yes,’» Thune said. «And that was pretty clear after spending weeks trying to negotiate with them.»
Still, Republicans have a long way to go before they advance the budget resolution to the House — and even further before the final product lands on Trump’s desk. He’s demanded that the GOP produce the package no later than June 1.
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Not every Republican in the upper chamber is thrilled with the narrow scope of the plan, with some wanting to front-load several issues into one package out of concern they may not get another shot.
For now, however, they’re moving full speed ahead.
«It’s not am I OK with it, is the president’s administration OK with it,» Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a fiscal hawk who was critical of the GOP’s previous reconciliation attempt. «I mean, do they think they have enough through fiscal year 2029? That’s their call, not mine.»
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Senate hopeful says US should be ‘far more cooperative’ with China to fight climate change

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Maine Democrat Graham Platner is vowing to pursue closer ties with China if elected to the Senate, arguing that the U.S. should be «far more cooperative» with the communist state on issues like climate change.
«I think our position towards China should be one of cooperation instead of one of opposition,» Platner said during a livestream in February, arguing it would be «absurd» to have an aggressive approach toward Beijing, citing its trade relationship with the United States.
«I am not a China hawk, not by any stretch of the imagination,» he continued. «I think we need to be figuring out how to integrate, or at least be far more cooperative, especially to fight challenges like climate change.»
Platner, a staunch progressive, is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in November’s midterm elections. His views on China appear to be well outside the political mainstream and place him to the left of many Democratic lawmakers, who see the country as the United States’ most formidable strategic competitor or a geopolitical threat.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has advocated for increased cooperation with China, citing its trade value to the United States and the need to partner on global challenges such as climate change. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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The Senate hopeful has also argued that fascism followed by climate change is the top two challenges facing the United States on the world stage.
«Before the rise of fascism, I would have said that the biggest challenge we have … globally is climate change,» Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, said during the livestream.
Platner referred to federal immigration officers as «armed thugs,» accusing them of murdering American citizens, an apparent reference to two fatal shootings during an immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis earlier this year.
He has previously advocated for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and dragging agents in front of Congress to testify about their work.
Platner’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) sharply criticized Platner’s remarks in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«Graham Platner’s soft-on-communism radical ideology would lift up dictators, threaten America’s national security, and cost American lives,» RNC spokeswoman Kristen Cianci said in a statement. «He has no business in the Senate or any position of power.»

Senate candidate Graham Platner, D-Maine, acknowledges a large crowd during a town hall at Bunker Brewing in Portland, Maine, on Sept. 25, 2025. (Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald via AP)
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Platner is facing Maine Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, in an increasingly nasty primary that has split factions of the Democratic Party. Leading progressives, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have endorsed him while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who leads the party’s establishment wing, is supporting Mills.
Sanders and Warren have doubled down on their embrace of Platner despite the political newcomer’s bevy of controversial online posts and scrutiny over a Nazi-linked tattoo that he has had removed.
Platner called for deposing Schumer as Democratic leader, weakening the filibuster to ease the passage of left-wing legislation and adding seats to the Supreme Court to dilute the power of the conservative majority, in an interview with NBC News this week.

Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine and two-term Gov. Janet Mills are competing in the state’s Democratic Senate primary. (Sophie Park/Getty Images; Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
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The Sanders-backed oyster farmer has carved out a dominant lead in recent polling ahead of the June primary, despite Mills serving as the most senior-ranking Democrat in the state.
Collins is running for a sixth Senate term in the blue-leaning state. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the contest as a «toss-up.»
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Ley que obliga a bancos en Costa Rica a responder por fraudes electrónicos ya entró en vigencia

La entrada en vigencia de la Ley 10,889 obliga desde este miércoles a bancos y entidades financieras de Costa Rica a asumir la responsabilidad directa por el dinero sustraído de cuentas de sus clientes a través de fraudes electrónicos, incluso cuando no exista culpa o negligencia de la institución. Esta reforma introduce una inversión en la carga de la prueba: ahora serán los bancos quienes deberán demostrar que actuaron conforme a estándares de seguridad y que no hubo fallas internas, transformando de raíz el equilibrio entre consumidores y entidades del sector financiero del país centroamericano.
En 2025, el Organismo de Investigación Judicial registró 10,027 denuncias por estafas electrónicas en Costa Rica, lo que representa un aumento del 41 % en comparación con el año anterior. El promedio diario de casos ascendió de 19 a 27 en ese período, consolidando a este delito como una de las amenazas principales para la seguridad financiera. La aprobación parlamentaria de la Ley de Protección a las Personas Consumidoras en la Custodia de su Dinero, el pasado 4 de marzo, respondió precisamente a este contexto de escalada del fraude y contó con el apoyo de diversas fracciones legislativas.
Con la publicación de la Ley 10,889 en el diario oficial La Gaceta, bancos públicos y privados están obligados a indemnizar a los usuarios cuando se compruebe la existencia de fraude electrónico, estafas o transferencias no autorizadas a terceros, independientemente de la existencia de culpa de la entidad. Esta obligación solo deja exento al banco si logra evidenciar que el caso corresponde a autofraude, dolo del cliente o transferencias entre cuentas del mismo titular, siempre que pueda acreditarse con pruebas técnicas y un informe que deberá remitirse tanto al Organismo de Investigación Judicial como a la Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras (SUGEF).
El procedimiento de reclamo requiere que el usuario afectado presente la gestión ante el banco en los 30 días naturales siguientes al incidente, acompañada de una denuncia previa ante el OIJ. A partir de ahí, el banco dispone de 30 días naturales para investigar y resolver, con posibilidad de una prórroga única de hasta diez días hábiles si informa oportunamente al usuario. Durante la investigación, el banco debe probar el cumplimiento de estándares de seguridad, analizar patrones de comportamiento, dispositivos, métodos de autenticación y cualquier actividad atípica.
El plazo para devolver fondos en caso de resolver a favor del usuario es de diez días naturales. En esos casos, el banco debe eliminar todo cargo o interés asociado al fraude y reintegrar los importes descontados, junto con intereses. Además, está obligado a bloquear de inmediato productos financieros implicados y emitir comprobantes de la gestión con fecha y hora.
Si la entidad no resuelve el reclamo en los plazos fijados, pierde el derecho a rechazarlo y debe restituir obligatoriamente los fondos. La normativa fija sanciones económicas para el banco que incumpla los plazos: deberá pagar una compensación equivalente a un salario base al afectado.
La legislación también define el delito de autofraude, que sanciona la simulación de una estafa para lograr un beneficio económico, con penas que van de dos meses hasta diez años de prisión, según el monto involucrado.
En materia de supervisión, la SUGEF asume la tarea de validar los rechazos de reclamos emitidos por los bancos, dentro de diez días hábiles desde su recibo. Si la Superintendencia no ratifica el rechazo, la entidad debe restituir los fondos o reabrir la cuenta en diez días hábiles; solo si lo ratifica, el usuario puede acudir a la vía judicial.

La ley exige canales de atención permanente (24/7), protocolos ágiles de respuesta ante fraudes y el fortalecimiento de equipos de ciberseguridad.
Las nuevas obligaciones afectan tanto a bancos tradicionales como a fintech y startups financieras, que deberán cumplir requisitos elevados en monitoreo, seguridad y gestión de reclamos. El resultado inmediato podría ser un aumento en las barreras de entrada para emprendimientos emergentes, favoreciendo a actores ya consolidados en el sector.
La Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras deberá emitir y actualizar, al menos una vez al año, regulaciones de seguridad para prevenir estafas, ajustando su marco a estándares internacionales. El Banco Central de Costa Rica debe fortalecer los mecanismos de seguridad en sus plataformas y colaborar en prevención e investigación de delitos.

La reforma legal convierte a Costa Rica en un referente en derecho digital y protección al consumidor financiero, dado que pocos países en América Latina han adoptado estamentos similares. Sin embargo, la rapidez de transformación de los esquemas de fraude, junto con la digitalización y la irrupción de tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial generativa para ataques personalizados, plantean el reto de que la regulación pueda mantenerse actualizada y eficaz.
La normativa contempla plazos transitorios de hasta seis meses para que entidades y supervisores adapten sus procedimientos y protocolos de atención a víctimas de fraude. Su aplicación concreta dependerá de la emisión de reglamentos técnicos, desarrollo institucional y la capacidad de ajustarse a un entorno donde la sofisticación del fraude digital avanza más rápido que la elaboración de nuevas leyes.
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