Saagar

And the key detail here is what the Democratic demands are going to be when it comes to the reform of DHS and reforms within ICE and CBP.

Obviously-

They can't demand at this moment to abolish ICE.

They need to take power if they're going to abolish ICE or reform CBP.

But they can get reformed now through this moment that they have leveraged.

And the thing that...

I'm hearing they're going to be demanding will be, and I think the most important thing they're demanding is get rid of these daily quotas.

It is this quota that Stephen Miller has insisted on putting on the federal government, both DHS and CBP, for X number of deportations every day.

And if you know how bureaucracy works, if there is a kind of accountability in that bureaucracy for a number, like you have to hit this number or you're not getting your promotions, you're going to be fired.

That bureaucracy will then push aside all of its other rules, like protecting civil liberties and making sure you're only targeting people who are not citizens, for instance.

And instead, we'll just start sweeping up as many as they possibly can and then deal with the fallout of that later because they've got a number to hit.

And so Democrats are saying, get that number out.

Just go after violent criminals.

Forget the numbers.

They're also going to demand that they no longer be masked up.

And I think some of the other demands are still being worked out among the caucus about what they think is, you know, a combination of like achievable and also to the public feels reasonable.

To put Republicans in a position of saying, no, we're shutting the government down to make sure that these guys can still wear masks and that they have to hit their quotas.

Right.

His opening bid seems to be he wants, as you were mentioning earlier, he wants sanctuary laws banned.

Right.