Sam Greenglass

And Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to say his caucus would back the deal as is.

As I said, we need reforms.

Senate Democrats in the White House are continuing to exchange offers.

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

The network that's been built up, without funding, all of that would fall apart.

Mullen is inheriting a department at the center of a national debate about immigration after federal agents shot and killed two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis earlier this year.

While ICE still has billions of dollars at its disposal despite the funding lapse, employees at other agencies under DHS like TSA are going without pay.

and absences are causing long waits at major airports.

Some lawmakers hope their colleague will be a steadier hand compared to his predecessor, Kristi Noem, who Trump ultimately fired.

But most Democrats still opposed his nomination, saying they don't believe a change in leadership is enough of a course correction.

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

Mullen is inheriting a department at the center of a national debate about immigration after federal agents shot and killed two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis earlier this year.

While ICE still has billions of dollars at its disposal despite the funding lapse, employees at other agencies under DHS like TSA are going without pay.

and absences are causing long waits at major airports.

Some lawmakers hope their colleague will be a steadier hand compared to his predecessor, Kristi Noem, who Trump ultimately fired.

But most Democrats still opposed his nomination, saying they don't believe a change in leadership is enough of a course correction.

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

Mullen is inheriting a department at the center of a national debate about immigration after federal agents shot and killed two U.S.