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Republicans could drop $1 billion proposal to fund White House ballroom from immigration bill Skip to content NOWCAST Action 7 News More in the Morning Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News Target 7 Consumer News Celebrate New Mexico Project Community News We Love Get the Facts Balloon Fiesta Zozobra Upload Weather Radar Alerts Closings Politics Sports New Mexico United High School Football Contests Route 66 KOATs for Kids Advertise with KOAT Advertise with Estrella About Very Local Titan TV Guide News Team Internships Editorials Contacts Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Republicans may drop $1 billion proposal to fund White House ballroom from immigration bill An immigration enforcement bill faces complications over proposed funding for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom, with some lawmakers divided on its cost and feasibility. Republicans may drop $1 billion proposal to fund White House ballroom from immigration bill An immigration enforcement bill faces complications over proposed funding for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom, with some lawmakers divided on its cost and feasibility. 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: 4:50 AM MDT May 21, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Rachel Hirschheimer Washington Correspondent Ben Miller Supervising Producer Advertisement Republicans may drop $1 billion proposal to fund White House ballroom from immigration bill An immigration enforcement bill faces complications over p

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