Senate Republicans made progress on a possible deal to end the monthlong partial government shutdown directly affecting the Department of Homeland Security when they met with the president at the White House on Monday evening.
No resolution to the funding lapse has been announced yet, but Republicans are considering funding all DHS operations except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Democrats remain obstinate in funding the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. The shutdown started on Feb. 14 for that very reason.
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Unpaid Transportation Security Administration officers are bearing the brunt of the shutdown, causing long wait lines at airport security checkpoints across the nation. The Trump administration helped alleviate the TSA by dispatching ICE officers to the airports most affected by TSA call-outs on Monday, but a more lasting solution is still needed.
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Republican senators pitched President Donald Trump on
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