The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning.

Senate Republicans cleared a first hurdle on Thursday as they are trying to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, narrowly rejecting a Democratic effort to permanently block Trump from creating

The GOP defeated multiple attempts by Democrats and Republicans to add language to the bill that would ban Trump’s settlement fund for political allies.

The roughly $70 billion bill to fund US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol was delayed for weeks as Republican senators navigated the various obstacles to passage.

Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies.

All the money in the world for treatment, naloxone and all those things – it can help,” said Dr. Welsh, “But we really need to be doing larger things to address these inequities that are leading people into addiction.

Mayor Sharon Tucker announced Monday that Fort Wayne has awarded $40,000 in opioid settlement mini grants to four local nonprofits working to combat substance use disorders.

The Republican-led Senate will start voting Wednesday on legislation to fund immigration enforcement agencies after forcing the White House to drop its settlement fund for political allies and stripping a separate proposal for White House security from the bill.