Republicans’ sweeping immigration enforcement and border security package cleared the House on Tuesday, ending a months-long standoff with Democrats over funding President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown agenda. 

The $70 billion immigration enforcement measure passed 214-212 over the fierce objections of Democrats, who unanimously voted against the package. Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., an independent who caucuses with Republicans, also joined Democrats in opposing the measure.

Meanwhile, every GOP lawmaker present voted for the Senate-passed legislation, which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through fiscal year 2029.

Tuesday’s vote is a major victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who could spare just a handful of defections given Republicans’ fragile majority.

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The measure now heads to Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.

The GOP-authored bill, known as the Secure America Act, provides $38 billion for ICE and a $26 billion infusion for the Border Patrol. It would also create a $5 billion funding pool to be controlled by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Kiley, who recently switched his party affiliation to independent, said he opposed the bill because it lacked reforms to immigration enforcement and bypassed the traditional appropriations process, which requires some buy-in from Democrats.

«The idea that we’re actually going to now weaken one of the few pillars of sanity we have, which is the annual bipartisan appropriations process, and set this precedent that when you don’t reach bipartisan agreement, you can just do an end run around it … that’s hugely problematic to me,» the California lawmaker told reporters.

«The whole reason I became an independent is because I think that extreme partisanship here has completely run amok, and it’s doing real damage to the country,» he added.

Republican leaders argued they were forced to use the partisan budget reconciliation process after Democrats repeatedly blocked Homeland Security funding bills. The legislative tool allowed GOP leadership to steer around Democrats’ opposition and pass the legislation at a simple majority threshold in the upper chamber.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg)

DEMOCRAT WHO BROKE WITH PARTY SAYS HIS DHS FUNDING VOTE A ‘MISTAKE’ AFTER 2ND MINNEAPOLIS ICE SHOOTING

«This is a piece that Democrats have said they don’t want to fund because they want open borders,» House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Tuesday. «They have made it crystal clear, the Democrat Party in Washington, that they want to go back to open borders. And we’re not going to do that.»

For months, Democratic lawmakers refused to fund ICE and the Border Patrol unless it was paired with policy reforms. The party’s hardball tactics sparked the longest government shutdown in history, which largely ended after Trump signed a partial DHS bill in April.

Top Democrats initially took a hard turn against new ICE funding beginning in January after two Americans were killed by federal law enforcement officers during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.

Their message stayed largely the same heading into Tuesday’s vote.

«Republicans are pouring your hard-earned tax dollars into an agency that has brutalized and terrorized communities and even killed American citizens,» House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., said Tuesday. «Republican leadership likes to talk a lot about common sense, but where is the common sense in giving this federal agency essentially unlimited funds without a single reform in place?»

House Democratic leadership urged their members to vote against the package. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Though Republicans stayed largely united in the ICE funding fight, some conservative lawmakers argued the spending measure should be paired with policy reforms codifying some of the president’s executive orders.

Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., were among the GOP lawmakers who withheld their support for the package during a procedural test vote earlier on Tuesday. Johnson promised the conservative group a vote on border security legislation in the coming weeks, prompting holdouts to support the measure’s advancement, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

The budget reconciliation bill’s passage comes after congressional Republicans failed to meet a June 1 deadline set by Trump to send the measure to his desk.

The quick timeline fell apart after a cohort of Republicans in both chambers revolted against Trump’s roughly $2 billion «anti-weaponization fund.» Some GOP lawmakers, including moderate Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., have since proposed legislation that would curtail the president’s authority to establish the fund.

El Salvador experimenta un aumento sin precedentes en la cantidad de trámites registrales en cinco departamentos, que encabezan el crecimiento a nivel nacional, según datos presentados por el director ejecutivo del Centro Nacional de Registros (CNR), Camilo Trigueros, ante la Comisión de Tecnología, Turismo e Inversión de la Asamblea Legislativa. Las cifras, reveladas durante una sesión de trabajo, confirman una tendencia al alza en la actividad registral que impacta tanto en el sector inmobiliario como en el comercial y de propiedad intelectual.

De acuerdo con lo expuesto por Camilo Trigueros, el CNR reporta que Cabañas, Morazán y Cuscatlán se destacan con incrementos de hasta 29% en la cantidad de trámites realizados respecto al año anterior. Estos departamentos, junto a San Vicente y Chalatenango, que también muestran porcentajes de crecimiento de doble dígito, reflejan la expansión de la actividad registral más allá de la capital, marcando una dispersión geográfica que, según el funcionario, evidencia el dinamismo económico en distintas regiones del país.

Durante su comparecencia, Trigueros explicó que el crecimiento en los trámites del CNR abarca las cinco áreas que administra la institución: el Registro de Propiedad Raíz e Hipotecas, el Registro de Comercio, el Instituto Salvadoreño de Propiedad Intelectual (ISPI), el Registro de Garantías Mobiliarias y el Instituto Geográfico Nacional. En su intervención, el director subrayó que “en todos los departamentos tenemos doble dígito de crecimiento”, señalando que el desarrollo no se concentra únicamente en San Salvador sino que se encuentra extendido en todo el territorio nacional.

El reporte presentado ante la Comisión de Tecnología, Turismo e Inversión detalla que el número de trámites totales en el país prácticamente duplicó el volumen registrado en 2018.

En 2025, el CNR cerró con casi un millón y medio de gestiones, mientras que solamente en lo que va de 2026, hasta el 31 de mayo, la institución ya registra un crecimiento del 18% frente al mismo periodo del año anterior. Según la información oficial, “los trámites de compraventa de inmuebles y la creación de nuevas empresas están rompiendo récords históricos”.

El funcionario atribuyó este desempeño al proceso de modernización y simplificación de trámites implementado por el CNR en los últimos años. Entre las medidas destacadas se encuentra la digitalización de servicios como la emisión de certificaciones extractadas y literales, que ahora pueden solicitarse y recibirse en minutos a través de plataformas electrónicas. Además, la creación de la Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada (SAS) ha permitido que miles de personas formalicen nuevas empresas de manera ágil, sin necesidad de notario y sin costo de registro.

En su exposición, Trigueros puntualizó que el incremento en los trámites no solo responde a la demanda de grandes empresarios, sino que ha facilitado la formalización de micro y pequeños emprendimientos en todos los departamentos del país. “Las oportunidades de negocio encuentran hoy un entorno más accesible y seguro para operar en El Salvador”, aseguró el funcionario ante los diputados presentes en la comisión.

El informe también resalta que la descentralización del crecimiento registral ha llevado a departamentos tradicionalmente menos activos a liderar el aumento de trámites, lo que, según el CNR, evidencia una transformación en la distribución de la inversión y la actividad económica. El caso de Cabañas, Morazán y Cuscatlán se presenta como ejemplo del impacto de las reformas legales y tecnológicas impulsadas en los últimos años.

La sesión de la Comisión de Tecnología, Turismo e Inversión concluyó con la participación de los diputados y el agradecimiento al CNR por la información proporcionada. Las cifras y testimonios presentados por Trigueros servirán como insumo para el análisis de la nueva Ley de Alianzas Público-Privadas, que actualmente se encuentra en estudio en el órgano legislativo.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has accelerated its executions of dissidents and activists, with the true number of victims likely obscured by the regime’s internet censorship and blackout.

Ever since the January uprisings against the regime, Tehran has enforced a bloody clampdown against its opponents.

The Iran Human Rights Society has documented 784 executions so far in 2026. A representative from the organization told Fox News Digital that «these figures indicate a rapidly accelerating trend in executions since March,» and explained that «in particular, the execution of political prisoners has reached a level not seen in the past 37 years.»

‘KILLING OFF THE COUNTRY’: IRAN EXECUTES DOZENS, ARRESTS 4,000+ IN WAR CRACKDOWN

A State Department official told Fox News Digital that «we are aware of disturbing reports about the recent surge in executions in Iran.» The official noted that «we strongly condemn the Iranian regime’s use of executions to punish people for exercising basic human rights, including Iranians peacefully protesting for a better life.»

The official said that «for decades, Iranians have been subjected to torture and sham trials resulting in executions and severe punishments, often with coerced confessions as the only evidence presented against them.»

According to information provided to Fox News Digital by the Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on June 4, the Islamic Republic of Iran executed at least 18 prisoners between May 31 and June 1. These included 12 prisoners hanged on May 31, and an additional six prisoners executed on June 1, one of whom was said to be «hanged in public with utmost brutality.»

IRAN REGIME USES WAR TO MASK ‘BRUTAL’ EXECUTION SURGE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS

The NCRI has counted a total of 32 executions between March 19 and June 1. These included eight members of Iranian dissident organization People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOE/MEK) and 24 participants in Iran’s January 2026 protests.

In documents provided to Fox News Digital, the NCRI said on June 7 that there was «an imminent risk of execution» for five political prisoners in the Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, four of whom were sentenced to death because they were charged with being members of PMOI/MEK.

Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI, posted on X a call for «urgent action» from the U.N. «to prevent the execution.»

Days earlier on June 2, following two other executions against January protesters, Rajavi said on X that the «clerical regime has committed another horrific crime in Iran.» She called on the U.N. Security Council and European Union «to decisively condemn these criminal executions and take effective action to stop the killing of political prisoners and protesters in Iran.»

The Iran Human Rights Society echoed NCRI’s account of 18 recent executions between May 31 and June 1. Their representative explained that despite the internet blackout, they receive reports from «a network of prison sources, prisoners’ families, lawyers, and local contacts» and explained that «all reports are reviewed and cross-checked through multiple independent sources before publication.» Though they say «internet restrictions make documentation more difficult,» they stated they «continue to receive, verify, and document information.»

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A hanging rope seen displayed during the rally in Paris, France on May 13, 2025. (Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Alp Toker, the director of NetBlocks, a global internet monitor, told Fox News Digital that «internet connectivity in Iran is largely restored but the service that is available remains limited compared to the state of things before the protests and the war this year. For most users, in practice, that means international access is slow with indications of throttling and there’s also increased filtering, particularly targeting messaging apps.

«It’s been in this limbo state since the restoration with no significant change for better or worse,» he said.

However, the Iran Human Rights Society representative noted that the actual number of executions is «almost certainly» higher than the figure they have captured. «The ruling authorities in Iran frequently carry out executions in secret and do not publicly announce many of them,» the representative explained. Additionally, the representative added that «a significant number of executions, particularly in remote areas or locations with limited access to information, may remain undocumented or reach us only after a considerable delay.»

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The representative also noted that the quantity of executions the Iran Human Rights Society documents «has consistently been lower than the actual number carried out.»

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Mai Sato, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the increased executions in Iran.

On June 20th, up to 100,000 Iranian expats from both sides of the Atlantic are expected to hold a major rally in Paris to urge an end to the executions. More than 100 lawmakers, officials, former heads of state and ministers are also expected to join, according to the NCRI.