Senators consider deal to fund Homeland Security but not ICE enforcement as airport lines snarl
The Associated Press11 hrs
Democrats are the reason DHS workers aren't getting paid — plain and simple. GOP senators like Joni Ernst are pushing hard for a deal that funds the entirety of DHS, including ICE agents keeping families safe, but Democratic obstruction keeps stalling progress. Failing to fund the people who protect Americans from illegal aliens isn't a compromise — it's a betrayal.
Trump himself killed a bipartisan DHS funding deal — Senate Republicans, even Thune, brought him a workable solution and he rejected it. John Kennedy admitted Trump refused to negotiate with Democrats, and the SAVE Act is a poison pill designed to fail. This shutdown isn't about Democratic obstruction — it's about one person blocking a deal that most senators actually wanted.
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