Trump rejects Senate GOP proposal to punt ICE funding

White House 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 John Thune (R-SD) then spoke with Trump by phone but was rebuffed.

The proposal is the latest sign that Senate Republicans are increasingly desperate to end the monthlong partial government shutdown, 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.

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.

He reiterated that demand in a Monday speech in Memphis, Tennessee, telling Senate Republicans not to go home for their Easter recess