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One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's, an election overhaul bill.

But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.

Congressional Democrats have refused to fund DHS without implementing restraints on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two U.S.

citizens earlier this year.

Republicans and Democrats have been trading offers back and forth with little progress.

President Trump acknowledged the ongoing negotiations without much optimism.

One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's, an election overhaul bill.

But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.

Congressional Democrats have refused to fund DHS without implementing restraints on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two U.S.

citizens earlier this year.

Republicans and Democrats have been trading offers back and forth with little progress.

President Trump acknowledged the

One proposal is to use a budget tool to fund the rest of ICE later, along with another priority of the president's, an election overhaul bill.

But some Republicans are skeptical that that will work.

Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.

Well, there may be a glimmer of progress here, but I don't want to oversell it.

It's still just a glimmer.

Democrats have been demanding changes to immigration enforcement ever since federal officers killed two US citizens in Minnesota earlier this year.