Noel King

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I'm Noelle King with Leanne Caldwell.

She's the chief Washington correspondent for Puck.

All right, Leanne, let's start here.

The Senate is back in session this week and is going to vote on a package to fund transportation, health and human services and the Department of Homeland Security.

Now, this bill passed the House last week.

And then what happened?

I am strongly opposed to more funding for ICE.

I was strongly opposed when they tripled their budget this summer.

We cannot fund a Department of Homeland Security that is murdering American citizens.

Before the shooting this weekend, some Democrats in Congress had introduced a bill called the Melt Ice Act, which would defund ICE, as I understand it.

Where does the conversation around defunding or abolishing ICE stand at this moment?

Let me ask you about the Republicans.

Are any Republican lawmakers changing the way that they talk about ICE in light of what happened this weekend?

What does it mean that there are divisions here forming in the Republican Party?

President Trump said on Truth Social that he's going to send Tom Homan, his border czar, to Minnesota and that Homan will report directly to him.

Is there any significance in that?