Siobhan Hughes
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97 appearances
5 recordings
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 4 Sep
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And in fact, the Senate has just passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, or at least most of it, which is on course to end this standoff.
The expectation is the House picks this up in the next few hours before President Trump signs the measure into law.
So what is left out is funding for ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and then Border Patrol, a separate function also within the Department of Homeland Security.
The Republicans said they are going to try to fund those two units separately through a special procedural tactic called budget reconciliation, where they only need a simple majority of the Senate to clear that.
And as for reforms, Democrats did not win any changes to the ways the Trump administration practices immigration enforcement.
And as Senate Majority Leader John Thune told us, that ship has sailed.
And according to him, Democrats can kiss that opportunity goodbye.
Democrats, particularly the progressive wing, I think would see this as a win because Democrats are in the minority in Congress.
They have no power to do anything.
And basically what they have succeeded in doing is taking a chunk out of the immigration enforcement budget.
And for a party that has really been on its back heel, this counts as an accomplishment of sorts.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader in the meantime, said that he was proud that his caucus had stuck together and resisted funding for immigration agencies without significant reforms.
And for his part, he said he thought Democrats would have some opportunities for such victories ahead.
For now, that truly appears to be dead in the water.
It does not appear that Democrats have any avenues to win reforms.
And to really put a pin in that, Congress is about to go on recess for two weeks.
Thank you.
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