{"id":2582971,"date":"2026-03-23T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-senate-gop-proposal-to-punt-ice-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:46:47","slug":"trump-rejects-senate-gop-proposal-to-punt-ice-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-senate-gop-proposal-to-punt-ice-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rejects Senate GOP proposal to punt 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%2Ftrump-rejects-senate-gop-proposal-to-punt-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=2582971&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>President Donald Trump rejected senate Republicans\u2019 latest attempt to reopen the Department of Homeland Security funding by deferring ICE funding to a later date. Democrats want new guardrails on immigration enforcement in exchange for DHS funding, while some Republicans are considering funding DHS without ICE or using budget reconciliation to allocate ICE money. Trump has tied DHS funding to the passage of his Safeguard American Voter eligibility Act and urged Republicans not to go home for Easter until the bill reaches his desk. White House aides briefed the president on the plan, including provisions to pay TSA workers who have been calling out sick and to implement additional oversight for detention facilities and body cameras. The standoff persists amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-plans-mock-talking-filibuster-to-calm-save-america-act-uproar\/\" title=\"... plans mock \u2018talking filibuster\u2019 to calm SAVE America Act uproar\">monthlong partial government shutdown<\/a> and related airport delays, with discussions ongoing about how ICE and DHS funding should be resolved.  <\/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\">Trump rejects Senate GOP proposal to punt 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_2541167\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> rejected the latest attempt by Senate Republicans to reopen the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, dismissing a plan that would fund <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> aides briefed the president on the plan Sunday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as Democrats demand new guardrails on immigration enforcement in exchange for DHS funding. Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) then spoke with Trump by phone but was rebuffed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4500147\/pentagon-blacklist-anthropic-ai-elizabeth-warren\/\">Pentagon blacklisting Anthropic AI as &#8216;supply chain risk&#8217; was retaliatory, Elizabeth Warren suggests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4498225\/james-talaricos-mentor-preached-about-true-jihad-at-pro-palestinian-rally\/\">James Talarico&rsquo;s mentor preached about &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-talaricos-mentor-preached-about-true-jihad-at-pro-palestinian-rally\/\" title=\"James Talarico\u2019s mentor preached about \u2018true jihad\u2019 at pro-Palestinian rally\">true jihad&#038;rsquo<\/a>; at pro-Palestinian rally<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4499421\/thune-trump-relationship-strong-save-america-rough-patch\/\">Thune says Trump relationship still &#8216;strong&#8217; despite SAVE Act rough patch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The proposal is the latest sign that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> Republicans are increasingly desperate to end the monthlong partial <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"18\">government shutdown<\/a>, which has fueled long wait lines at airports across the country. Under the plan, Transportation Security Administration employees who have been calling out sick would be paid.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has begun hardening his opposition to a deal and on Sunday made a new demand of Democrats, tying DHS funding to the passage of his signature election bill, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that demand in a Monday speech in Memphis, Tennessee, telling Senate Republicans not to go home for their Easter recess until the bill, currently under debate in the Senate, reaches his desk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to take a fast vote. Don&rsquo;t worry about Easter going home. In fact, make this one for Jesus,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which requires photo ID at the polls and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is universally opposed by Senate Democrats and cannot pass due to the Senate&rsquo;s 60-vote filibuster. Thune later dismissed the prospect of joining the two priorities while speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-rips-schumer-for-using-americans-as-leverage-in-shutdown-not-some-shty-game-show\/\" title=\"Fetterman Rips Schumer for Using Americans as &#039;Leverage&#039; in Shutdown: &#039;Not Some Sh**ty Game Show&#039;\">partial shutdown began<\/a> in mid-February, Senate Republicans have resisted attempts to reopen DHS piecemeal, instead looking to the White House to negotiate a compromise on ICE funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those talks gained momentum over the last week, with border czar Tom Homan making repeated trips to Capitol Hill to speak with a group of Senate Republicans and Democrats. On the table is new oversight of detention facilities, money for body cameras, and other concessions made after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal immigration agents fatally shot<\/a> two protesters in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>But a growing number of Senate Republicans have begun advocating that leadership simply fund DHS without ICE money, as Democrats have been urging them to do.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats say that scenario would allow TSA workers to be paid while a final deal is hammered out on ICE. But Republicans also believe the ICE funding can be allocated using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-weighs-whether-to-save-obamacare-tax-credits-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"House GOP weighs whether to save Obamacare tax credits - Washington Examiner\">party-line budget process<\/a> known as reconciliation, eliminating the need for a bipartisan compromise.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also note that ICE is essentially funded due to money included in the tax bill Trump signed last year.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4499421\/thune-trump-relationship-strong-save-america-rough-patch\/\"><strong>THUNE SAYS TRUMP RELATIONSHIP STILL &lsquo;STRONG&rsquo; DESPITE SAVE ACT ROUGH PATCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the absence of a deal, Trump has dispatched ICE agents to airports to assist the TSA with security and has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500222\/trump-national-guard-assist-tsa-amid-shutdown\/\">floated sending National Guard troops<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats used Trump&rsquo;s rejection of the possible off-ramp on Monday to argue that the White House was to blame for the impasse.<\/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>Trump rejects GOP plan to delay ICE funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2582972,"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\/03\/AP26079727494179.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6513,8364,3813,76396,3634],"class_list":["post-2582971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-funding","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-senate-gop-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26079727494179.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582971","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582975,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582971\/revisions\/2582975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}