Chuck Schumer said that Democrats 'held the line' in negotiating a DHS funding deal, despite none of their demanded policy changes being included.
is maintaining that the Democratic caucus “held the line” in opposition, but none of their demanded policy changes, such as requiring body cameras and barring face masks for immigration officers, ended up in the deal they agreed to.
‘s rogue and deadly militia should not get more funding without serious reforms, and we will continue to fight for those reforms,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Friday. “I’m very proud of our Democratic caucus. Throughout it all, Senate Democrats stood united — no wavering, no backing down.”Customs and Border Protection , although those DHS agencies have funding allotted through 2029 via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Because these agencies were excluded, Democrats are claiming a win. “Last night, Senate Republicans caved to Democrats, passing a bill to end the Republican TSA shutdown WITHOUT funding for ICE,” the Democratic National Committee is flipping the script on Democrats, telling them to reconsider the state of play after Friday morning’s voice vote. “ICE and CBP are funded, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts and the foresight of President Trump and Republicans in Congress,” Thune. “After holding DHS and the American people hostage for over 40 days, Dems got ZERO restrictions that would prevent ICE and CBP agents from doing their jobs safely.” Thune argued that the Democrats “have once again established themselves as the ‘Open Borders, Defund the Police’ party heading into an election.” “Dem leadership has proven once again they can’t be trusted to make a deal,” Thune said. “Which begs the question if you’re a Dem senator or one of their left-wing supporters: What was this really all about?” Running in the background of this Senate back-and-forth is the idea that the House may scrap the Senate deal altogether. House Speaker Mike Johnson hasagreed to bring a continuing resolution to fund all of DHS, with ICE and CBP included, to the House floor.early Friday that he “meant it” when demanding changes to ICE policy, and that Democrats will “keep fighting for reforms.”“I meant it when I said not another dime for ICE without real reforms on paper,” Gallego wrote. “After weeks of Senate Republicans holding TSA and FEMA funding hostage, they finally backed down and voted with Democrats to fully fund our airports and emergency relief without another check for Stephen Miller’s goon squad.”Greg Bovino is writing a book to ‘memorialize’ the Border Patrol officers on the front lines of Trump’s deportation operation
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