{"id":2544582,"date":"2026-01-20T05:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-rhetoric-will-see-harsh-debate-in-upcoming-senate-vote-byron-york-40\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:19:08","slug":"anti-ice-rhetoric-will-see-harsh-debate-in-upcoming-senate-vote-byron-york-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-rhetoric-will-see-harsh-debate-in-upcoming-senate-vote-byron-york-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE rhetoric will see &#8216;harsh debate&#8217; in upcoming Senate vote: Byron York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-ice-rhetoric-will-see-harsh-debate-in-upcoming-senate-vote-byron-york-40%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2544582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Byron York says there is a clear split within teh democratic Party over funding and the future of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). After an ICE shooting in Minneapolis, house Democrats pushed to remove a DHS funding measure from a broader minibus, and senators including Ruben Gallego and Chris Murphy have signaled support for restraining the agency. York predicts a &#8220;harsh debate&#8221; in the Senate, where 60 votes will likely be needed to advance any DHS bill, with some Democrats pushing to abolish or considerably reform ICE while others wont to fund its criminal-enforcement work.He argues most Americans back ICE&#8217;s role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-rhetoric-will-see-harsh-debate-in-upcoming-senate-vote-byron-york-18\/\" title=\"Anti-... rhetoric will see &#039;...&#039; in ...: ...\">apprehending criminal undocumented immigrants<\/a>, but disagreement remains over how to treat noncriminal undocumented people. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >notes political fallout<\/a>: Senate Leader Chuck Schumer urged the White House to withdraw immigration agents from major cities,the pentagon put about 1,500 troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota,and Minneapolis officials resisted calls for chaos amid protests. York warns that anti-ICE rhetoric could alarm moderates and push away independent voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anti-ICE rhetoric will see &lsquo;harsh debate&rsquo; in upcoming Senate vote: Byron York<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2477849\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> <em>Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\">Byron York<\/a> said there is &ldquo;division&rdquo; within the Democratic Party over the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats asked that a bill <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4417177\/homeland-security-funding-frozen-ice-democrats-guardrails\/\">to fund the Department of Homeland Security be removed from a &ldquo;minibus&rdquo;<\/a> after the ICE shooting in Minneapolis this month. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4419139\/house-passes-two-funding-bills-homeland-security-remains-flux\/\">As the Senate waits for the bill to fund DHS<\/a>, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said Sunday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4423259\/ruben-gallego-ice-torn-down-minneapolis\/\">he is speaking with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)<\/a>, who wrote on X that Senate Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;restrain&rdquo; the agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4424374\/congress-urged-stop-madness-trump-greenland-obsession\/\">Congress urged to stop &lsquo;madness&rsquo; of Trump&#8217;s Greenland obsession<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4424416\/william-shatner-backs-stephen-miller-star-trek-criticism-ready-assume-command\/\">William Shatner backs Stephen Miller&#8217;s Star Trek criticism: &#8216;Ready to assume command&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4423991\/paxton-legal-opinion-dei-texas-unconstitutional\/\">Paxton issues legal opinion to declare DEI &#8216;frameworks&#8217; in Texas unconstitutional<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>York said that this DHS bill, should it get to the Senate, will require the necessary 60 votes to pass, ahead of which there will be a &ldquo;real harsh debate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because I think most people would agree that the American people support the work of ICE in rounding up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Off...\">criminal illegal aliens<\/a>,&rdquo; York said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em> Monday. &ldquo;On that other issue that I was talking about, people who are in the United States illegally but have not committed additional crimes, there is some disagreement on that, and I think it&rsquo;s going to play out in the Senate debate over this.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3330618&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=3e3d3e3b8eb62d22adf757c40684e9ab\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>York also said the split among Democrats regarding ICE is the &ldquo;fundamental dividing line,&rdquo; predicting some Democrats will look to &ldquo;abolish&rdquo; the agency while others will seek to fund it. He said that the latter group will provide &ldquo;enough&rdquo; votes, combined with all Republicans, to advance the funding to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>York added that the Democrats are vehemently opposed to ICE &ldquo;scares&rdquo; moderates within the party who are concerned about this mindset pushing away independent voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4424458\/minnesota-hotels-shut-down-ice-protests\/\"><strong>MINNESOTA HOTELS SHUT DOWN AMID ICE PROTESTS OVER &lsquo;HEIGHTENED PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4421236\/schumer-presses-trump-ice-white-house-meeting\/\">to withdraw immigration agents<\/a> from major cities during a visit to the White House on Thursday. Schumer told the president that the ICE raids are &ldquo;dangerous and putting more people at risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has ordered roughly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4423687\/pentagon-orders-1500-active-duty-troops-prepare-minnesota-deployment\/\">1,500 active-duty troops to remain on standby<\/a> for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the state where the ICE shooting occurred in Minneapolis. Jacob Frey, the city&rsquo;s mayor, said Sunday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4423222\/minneapolis-jacob-frey-trump-bait-ice\/\">the city will not &ldquo;take the bait&rdquo;<\/a> and counter Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;chaos with our own brand of chaos here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate to face harsh debate over ICE funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2544583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25342664308164-1-e1768856935212.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37928,3896,8364,3813,45632],"class_list":["post-2544582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-byron-york","tag-debate","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-senate-vote"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25342664308164-1-e1768856935212.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544586,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544582\/revisions\/2544586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2544583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}