{"id":2584583,"date":"2026-03-27T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-republicans-caved-on-dhs-funding-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:49:10","slug":"democrats-say-republicans-caved-on-dhs-funding-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-say-republicans-caved-on-dhs-funding-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats say Republicans &#8216;caved&#8217; on DHS funding deal"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-say-republicans-caved-on-dhs-funding-deal%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=2584583&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>The piece reports that Senate Democrats are celebrating a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that does not provide funding for ICE or CBP and does not include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-sends-house-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-begins\/\" title=\"Senate sends House spending ... as government shutdown begins\">immigration-enforcement reforms<\/a> they had pushed for. Democrats, led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, say they held the line against expanding ICE funding and frame the outcome as a setback for republicans, not a win for immigration policy changes. The agreement, wich funds DHS but leaves ICE\/CBP funding unresolved (though reportedly covered by other provisions through 2029), advances to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson plans to bring a continuing resolution that would fund all of DHS, including ICE and CBP. Republicans counter that ICE\/CBP are already funded and accuse Democrats of backing down on policy reforms, portraying the deal as a political concession by Democrats. The context is the 41st day of the DHS shutdown, with ongoing debate over border security and enforcement and ongoing posturing from both sides about what the agreement means.  <\/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\">Democrats say Republicans &lsquo;caved&rsquo; on DHS deal despite no immigration policy reform wins<\/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_2545159\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1068\">Senate Democrats<\/a> are taking a victory lap after the upper chamber <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4505934\/senate-sends-dhs-bill-house-without-ice-funding\/\">advanced a deal<\/a> to fund the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> without funding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8775\">immigration<\/a> enforcement, despite the caucus not landing any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >immigration policy reforms<\/a> they sought. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) is maintaining that the Democratic caucus &ldquo;held the line&rdquo; in opposition, but none of their demanded policy changes, such as requiring body cameras and barring face masks for immigration officers, ended up in&nbsp;the deal&nbsp;they agreed to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4506101\/winners-losers-dhs-shutdown-end\/\">Winners and losers in the fight to end the DHS shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4505934\/senate-sends-dhs-bill-house-without-ice-funding\/\">Senate sends DHS bill to House without ICE funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4505011\/senate-democrats-save-america-act-vote-photo-id\/\">Senate Democrats line up against photo ID in SAVE America Act vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats held firm in our opposition that [President] <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s rogue and deadly militia should not get more funding without serious reforms, and we will continue to fight for those reforms,&rdquo; Schumer said on the Senate floor Friday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very proud of our Democratic caucus. Throughout it all, Senate Democrats stood united &mdash; no wavering, no backing down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4506101\/winners-losers-dhs-shutdown-end\/\">WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE FIGHT TO END THE DHS SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate deal passed through a voice vote around 2:30 a.m. Friday, with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewDesiderio\/status\/2037414592230400366?s=20\">five senators<\/a> present on the floor. The deal did not fund <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/november-migrant-apprehensions-along-southwest-border-jump-140-percent-over-last-year\/\" title=\"November Migrant Apprehensions Along Southwest Border Jump 140 Percent over Last Year\">border security operations<\/a> through <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1764\">Customs and Border Protection<\/a>, although those DHS agencies have funding allotted through 2029 via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Because these agencies were excluded, Democrats are claiming a win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last night, Senate Republicans caved to Democrats, passing a bill to end the Republican TSA shutdown WITHOUT funding for ICE,&rdquo; the Democratic National Committee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/2037541430034374772?s=20\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;We have been clear: No blank check for ICE. This bill now heads to the House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But 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) is flipping the script on Democrats, telling them to reconsider the state of play after Friday morning&rsquo;s voice vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;ICE and CBP are funded, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts and the foresight of President Trump and Republicans in Congress,&rdquo; Thune <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeaderJohnThune\/status\/2037562792153137425?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>. &ldquo;After holding DHS and the American people hostage for over 40 days, Dems got ZERO restrictions that would prevent ICE and CBP agents from doing their jobs safely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thune argued that the Democrats &ldquo;have once again established themselves as the &lsquo;Open Borders, Defund the Police&rsquo; party heading into an election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dem leadership has proven once again they can&rsquo;t be trusted to make a deal,&rdquo; Thune said. &ldquo;Which begs the question if you&rsquo;re a Dem senator or one of their left-wing supporters: What was this really all about?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Running in the background of this Senate back-and-forth is the idea that the House may scrap the Senate deal altogether. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/27\/dhs-ice-tsa-funding-congress\">reportedly<\/a> agreed to bring a continuing resolution to fund all of DHS, with ICE and CBP included, to the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruben-gallego\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"10230\">Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-AZ) said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RubenGallego\/status\/2037515838459109729?s=20\">on X<\/a> early Friday that he &ldquo;meant it&rdquo; when demanding changes to ICE policy, and that Democrats will &ldquo;keep fighting for reforms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4506297\/trump-officials-stoke-concerns-ice-polling-centers-dhs-denials\/\">TRUMP OFFICIALS STOKE DEMOCRATS&rsquo; CONCERNS OF ICE AT POLLING CENTERS DESPITE DHS DENIALS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I meant it when I said not another dime for ICE without real reforms on paper,&rdquo; Gallego wrote. &ldquo;After weeks of Senate Republicans holding TSA and FEMA funding hostage, they finally backed down and voted with Democrats to fully fund our airports and emergency relief without another check for Stephen Miller&rsquo;s goon squad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Friday is the 41st day of the DHS shutdown.<\/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 say GOP caved on DHS deal; no reforms won<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2584584,"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\/1190WEX_SCHUMER.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76673,4402,3685,72960,3756],"class_list":["post-2584583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-budget-deal-2","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-dhs-funding-2","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1190WEX_SCHUMER.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584583","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584587,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584583\/revisions\/2584587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}