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Republican progress on immigration bill stalls Skip to content NOWCAST WXII 12 News at 5 pm Live Now Menu Search News Policies News Local Breaking National News Politics Investigate Entertainment Health News We Love Get the Facts Project Community Pet of the Week Upload Weather Radar Alerts Skycams Closings Map Room Hurricanes Forecasting Our Future Traffic Politics Sports High School Sports Olympics Vital Signs Contests Advertise with WXII12 Advertise with The Triad CW About News Team Contact Titan TV Guide Triad CW MeTV Internships Editorials Very Local Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Republican progress on immigration bill stalls out over Trump's ballroom, DOJ settlement Republican progress on immigration bill stalls out over Trump's ballroom, DOJ settlement Overnight we learned Republicans may drop efforts to include money for the president's ballroom from this bill, which was supposed to be *** simple measure to fund immigration enforcement through the end of the Trump administration. The White House had been pressuring Republicans to figure out *** way to include $1 billion for security at the White House and President Trump's ballroom. Now in the last week, *** Senate official ruled the proposed money for the project was too broad and couldn't be. Included in the bill in *** way that could pass with just Republican votes. Now, until yesterday, Republicans had been scrambling to revise it and make it work. Now some of the president's biggest supporters stand with the proposal while others are questioning the cost. Well, I think what Republicans want is to secure the president and future presidents as well as this president, and I think we need some security upgrades at the White House. There's no architectural plans. There is no environmentals. There's no engineering. There's no, uh, sense of when we ask, how did it happen to cost exactly *** billion dollars. This ballroom is no gift to the American people. It's *** congressional Republican personal gift to Donald J. Trump. The Senate's hoping to pass the bill this week and send it to the House before *** weeklong Memorial Day recess on Capitol Hill. I'm Rachel Hirsheimer. Updated: 4:17 PM EDT May 21, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press Advertisement Republican progress on immigration bill stalls out over Trump's ballroom, DOJ settlement Updated: 4:17 PM EDT May 21, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press Senate Republicans appeared increasingly unlikely to meet their self-imposed deadline for passing a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement bill this week as disputes over security funding for the White House and the Trump administration's $1.8 billion settlement fund effectively deraile

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