#House Speaker #MikeJohnson & his #Republican leadership team opted to stick ​with the bill that the #Senate passed unanimously twice, ignoring calls from hardline “conservatives” for modifications ⁠that could have further delayed the #DHS money. Conservatives had refused to back the legislation because it contains language specifying that ​none of its funding would go to #ICE & #CBP, following the fatal shootings of 2 #US citizens ​by #immigration officers in #Minneapolis earlier this year.

#House #Republicans managed to ease those objections Wednesday by passing a $70 billion budget blueprint to provide new money specifically for #ICE & #CBP.

Calls for action on the broader #DHS bill have intensified since Saturday's shooting at the #WHCD in Washington, where prosecutors say a man tried to assassinate #Trump. The White House budget office has also warned that #DHS ​ops not involved in Trump's #immigration crackdown would run out of paycheck money in May….