{"id":2546496,"date":"2026-01-21T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-reject-gop-deal-on-cutting-ice-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:47:02","slug":"house-democrats-reject-gop-deal-on-cutting-ice-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-reject-gop-deal-on-cutting-ice-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats reject GOP deal on cutting ICE funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-reject-gop-deal-on-cutting-ice-funding%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=2546496&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>house Democrats are preparing to oppose a bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-dems-looking-to-defund-the-border\/\" title=\"Rep. McCarthy: Dems looking to defund the border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles ...Anonymous... Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">homeland security<\/a> funding bill<\/a> set for a Thursday vote, saying concessions to curb ICE&#8217;s operations don&#8217;t go far enough. Leadership sources say House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will vote against the DHS bill while supporting three other appropriations measures; Democratic caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and others plan to oppose unless more substantive changes are made. Republicans on the Appropriations Committee cut $115 million from ICE, pared 5,500 detention beds, and set aside $20 million for body cameras, steps GOP leaders call necessary to reach a deal and avoid a government shutdown. Democrats push for larger cuts, stricter accountability, and protections against wrongful deportations-some progressives even call to abolish ICE-while appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro warns that blocking the bill would harm TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and other homeland-security functions.The measure will face a Rules Committee vote first; GOP leaders, including Speaker Mike Johnson, express confidence it can pass and urge Democrats not to use the DHS bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >imperil broader security funding<\/a>.  <\/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\">&lsquo;Doesn&rsquo;t do enough&rsquo;: House Democrats reject GOP deal on cutting ICE funding<\/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_2479966\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democratic<\/a> leaders are planning to oppose a bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">homeland security<\/a> funding bill set for a vote this week, even after Republicans agreed to cut funding for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries&rsquo;s<\/a> (D-NY) thinking confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he will vote no on the bill but will vote yes on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4425216\/final-appropriations-package-dhs-lofty-goal-avoid-government-shutdown\/\">three other appropriations bills<\/a> involving defense, labor, transportation, and other related agencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4427413\/wes-moore-vows-maryland-state-budget-not-raise-taxes-fees\/\">Wes Moore vows Maryland state budget will &#8216;not raise taxes or fees&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4427491\/with-attention-on-trump-greenland-davos-iran-falls-under-the-radar\/\">With attention on Trump and Greenland at Davos, Iran falls under the radar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4427524\/vance-minneapolis-amid-trump-ice-crackdown\/\">Vance heading to Minneapolis amid Trump&#8217;s ICE crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Democratic Caucus Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-aguilar\/\">Pete Aguilar<\/a> (D-CA) is also planning to oppose the bill; other members of the Democratic leadership said they would as well unless Republicans agreed to more &ldquo;substantive changes&rdquo; to ICE.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I imagine members will vote their districts, and they will judge the bill on the substance.&hellip; But our encouragement to our colleagues is that this bill doesn&rsquo;t do enough,&rdquo; said Aguilar. &ldquo;We shared our feelings with the caucus. I look forward to the vote tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aguilar added that it was clear there &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t a huge appetite of support&rdquo; for the bill within the Democratic caucus. <\/p>\n<p>Democratic opposition comes even after Republicans on the House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations-committee\/\">Appropriations Committee<\/a> agreed to cut $115 million from ICE operations. GOP lawmakers also signed off on reducing the number of detention beds in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-says-not-appropriate-for-press-to-access-migrant-facilities\/\" title=\"Dem Rep. says \u2018not appropriate\u2019 for press to access migrant facilities\">migrant holding facilities<\/a> by 5,500 and agreed to earmark $20 million to equip ICE agents with body cameras.<\/p>\n<p>House Appropriations Committee Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cole\/\">Tom Cole<\/a> (R-OK) said the compromise was needed to &ldquo;get a deal&rdquo; and avoid another <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody gets everything they want. If [Democrats] got to write this bill by [themselves], it&rsquo;d be a very different bill,&rdquo; Cole said. &ldquo;So we&rsquo;ve got to find ways to work together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats say the concessions don&rsquo;t go far enough, however. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not vote to give a single cent to Trump&rsquo;s ICE,&rdquo; Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) wrote on X. &ldquo;No blank checks for a rogue agency that terrorizes our communities, escalates violence, and denies people their constitutional rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of just trimming ICE funding and requiring agents to wear body cameras, Democrats want larger cuts and prohibitions on the deportation of U.S citizens. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, said the frustration was understandable but misplaced. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I understand that many of my Democratic colleagues may be dissatisfied with any bill that funds ICE. I share their frustration with the out-of-control agency,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The Homeland Security funding bill is more than just ICE. If we allow a lapse in funding, [Transportation Security Administration] agents will be forced to work without pay, [Federal Emergency Management Association] assistance could be delayed, and the U.S. Coast Guard will be adversely affected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite their frustration, rank-and-file Democrats are not pointing fingers at DeLauro or other appropriators for negotiating the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats, including Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pramila-jayapal\/\">Pramila Jayapal<\/a> (D-WA), even expressed their appreciation for the appropriators, but said they couldn&rsquo;t support the bill &ldquo;without real accountability and guardrails.&rdquo; What those guardrails look like has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats, including New York Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, have called for abolishing ICE. Others, such as Aguilar, say <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> must reform the &ldquo;lawless agency&rdquo; either through legislation or the appropriations process.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans have scheduled the homeland security funding bill vote for Thursday, along with three other appropriation bills. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-expect-on-capitol-hill-this-week-amid-mad-dash-toward-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"What...s happening on Capitol Hill this week as government shutdown looms\">homeland security bill<\/a> is slated for a lone vote, meaning lawmakers will be able to voice their opposition without tanking funding for other government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The first roadblock for the GOP will be a vote within the House Rules Committee to send the funding bill to the floor. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), who sits on the panel, said he&rsquo;ll be voting for the rule and for final passage &ldquo;unless something changes.&rdquo; He noted that he has no issue with the cuts to ICE, but the committee will take up a handful of amendments making changes to funding and policy, though he wouldn&rsquo;t get into specifics.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4426783\/congress-bill-cuts-ice-funding-body-cameras-amid-protests\/\"><strong>GOP PLAYS BALL WITH DEMOCRATS ON ICE FUNDING, BODY CAMERAS FOR AGENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) expressed optimism that the bill will pass.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you have a problem with ICE, many of them do, of course, irrationally, you should not take down the appropriations bill because there&rsquo;s all these other areas of homeland security that are essential,&rdquo; Johnson said at the GOP weekly presser, pointing to DeLauro&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats-appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/appropriations-committees-release-homeland-security-funding-bill\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;This is not a game. We can&rsquo;t do a [continuing resolution] on homeland security &hellip; I think you should listen to the reasonable Democrats who helped put these bills together, because they understand the necessity of protecting the homeland right now.&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>Democrats reject GOP ICE funding compromise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2546497,"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\/image-collage-kmmk2hv8q-1767902623223-e1767903067203.jpg?1769001388&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,6203,33723,71567,36382],"class_list":["post-2546496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-gop","tag-house-democrats","tag-ice-funding","tag-immigration-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-collage-kmmk2hv8q-1767902623223-e1767903067203.jpg?1769001388&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546496","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2546500,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546496\/revisions\/2546500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2546497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2546496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2546496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}