Trump, GOP Pull Off Brilliant Move After DHS Shutdown Breakthrough

It was an agreement that gave New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats some of what they wanted: no money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or parts of Customs and Border Protection (CBP). But it didn’t have the strict changes they wanted, like making agents show their faces or getting court orders.

Thune said that Democrats are still losing the policy fight over immigration enforcement, even though the deal is similar to past attempts by Democrats to pass similar laws that set aside money for immigration.

“We’ve been trying for weeks to fund the whole thing,” Thune said. “And, I mean, in the end, this is what they were willing to agree to. But again, it’s different that it has zero reforms in it. I mean, they got no reforms on DHS, which they could have had if they had been willing to work with us a little bit on that.”