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Posted on 03/24/2026 7:46:28 AM PDT by Twotone
President Donald Trump rejected a pitch to fund other agencies under the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, multiple sources confirmed to The Daily Wire on Monday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated to the president that Senate Republicans and some Democrats would back the pitch in hopes of ending the shutdown that started in mid-February, according to Punchbowl News. In exchange, funding for ICE would be handled through a future reconciliation bill that would only need Republican votes to pass, the report noted.
“I don’t think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass ‘THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,’” Trump posted to Truth Social on Monday.
A source familiar with the talks said that there is a “bipartisan negotiation train that is still working” that met with White House border czar Tom Homan last week.
In addition, one GOP Senate staffer indicated to The Daily Wire that Democrats are “letting go potentially of judicial warrants and face masks” in exchange for not allowing further ICE funding through the appropriations process, with some exceptions like Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
The staffer noted that it could be a “true compromise” because Republicans already have much of what they want for ICE funding with the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by Trump last year.
According to the source, the Democrats in the conversation include Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and some of the “moderate Dems who voted to reopen the government during the last shutdown.”
“They’ve been dragging their feet the whole time. They’ve been slow walking it, and they keep moving the goalposts of what they actually want, while TSA continues to be held hostage,” the source said, noting that it took 18 days for Senate Democrats to send an update counteroffer to the White House.
Democrats backed out of a meeting with White House staff on Saturday, according to a GOP Senate staffer on background, and the White House did not end up meeting with Senate Democrats on Monday.
As for the Monday meeting, the White House said that it has to do with Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) likely confirmation to become DHS secretary on Monday night.
“Given that Democrats turned down a previous meeting and that Mullin is likely to be confirmed tonight, it seemed appropriate to wait until after his confirmation to allow him to be a full participant in ongoing conversations,” a White House official told The Daily Wire on background Monday.
Some of the most contentious parts of the negotiations have been on the proposed use of judicial warrants and the end of masking for agents, two of the most notable items that Democrats have requested for federal immigration enforcement reforms, according to Punchbowl News.
The White House sent its counteroffer to the Senate last week, which included proposals such as “[expanding] the use of body-worn cameras and to ‘limit civil immigration enforcement activities at certain sensitive locations,'” along with heightened oversight of ICE detention facilities.
While the talks continue, the president sent ICE to numerous airports in hopes of speeding up wait times in security lines, as hundreds of TSA agents have walked off the job with no paycheck in sight.
Senate Democrats have argued that Republicans have been unwilling to fund TSA by itself, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) forced an ultimately unsuccessful vote to just pay employees from that specific agency on Saturday, The Hill reported.
“Instead of sending ICE agents to harass travelers at airports, why don’t Republicans get their act together and agree to pay TSA workers like we’ve asked them to SEVEN TIMES now?” Schumer posted to X on Sunday.
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I thought ICE was already funded through 2029...is that not correct?
It was in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,LOL
Instructions were nothing will be signed until the SAVE act is in place. Administration staff should be refusing all negotiation meetings until then.
That’s what I thought. Maybe they intend to pull that funding.
ICE is already funded thank God and it has sent the rats into orbit.
Yeh, its called reconciliation. No Democrats required. Just do it! 🙄
The "deals" being offered by the Democrats would remove that funding in exchange for limited funding of TSA.
The Democrats understand very well that illegal immigrants are a critical foundation for them to remain in power. They do not want ICE to be funded at all. They do not want DHS or TSA funded except to the extent they can direct those organizations to harass their political opponents.
ICE is fully funded from the BBB (Big Beautiful Bill), through 2029.
judicial warrants and the end of masking for agents Those 2 should be a no-go.
It is.
And the GOP continues to send fundraising emails.😡
It is …. i cant stand the media.
End the shutdown by ending the filibuster. The filibuster is not Constitutionally required. Presiding over the Senate, Vance can rule that there is going to be a majority-rule vote on the bill.
Yes but it is in the Constitution that the Houses of Congress can set their own rules - no matter how stupid or inefficient.
You’re reading too much into the word “presiding”. It has always been taken to be minimalist as in using the gavel control debates. Note not participate! The model is the Speaker of Houses in Parliament. They do not participate in debates and prior to assuming office renounce all party membership. They can vote to break ties!
His other Constitutional role is voting to break ties.
Our Speaker of the House of Representatives is more like the Parliamentary party leader.
Whoever wrote this is an idiot.
Ain’t that the truth. They are mostly a bunch of spineless quislings.
Judicial immigration warrants are basically status quo anyway, with common sense exemptions along with administrative immigration warrants.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may arrest individuals or enter private property without a judicial warrant—a warrant signed by a judge—in specific situations: voluntary consent, urgent “exigent circumstances,” hot pursuit, or when an administrative warrant (Form I-200/I-205) is used outside the home.
Key exceptions to requiring a judicial warrant include:
Voluntary Consent: A resident voluntarily allows agents into a home, often induced by ruses where agents pretend to be local police.
Exigent Circumstances: Urgent situations where agents believe someone inside is in immediate danger, evidence is being destroyed, or a suspect is about to flee.
Hot Pursuit: Agents are actively chasing a suspect who runs into a private home.
Public View/Doorway Arrests: If a person is standing in an open doorway, they are considered in “public,” and an arrest can be made without a warrant.
Administrative Warrants: ICE frequently uses administrative warrants (signed by an ICE supervisor, not a judge) for arrests in public or in workplaces, though these do not legally authorize entering a home without consent.
Vehicle Searches: Immigration officers can stop and search vehicles near (typically within 100 miles of) an international border without a warrant.
Bkmk
What they need to tell the democrats is this;
Here is my offer to you: Nothing
You get nothing, keep playing games and I start taking things from you.
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