Congressional efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security collapsed Tuesday as Democrats rejected a Republican proposal that would have funded most of DHS while excluding parts of ICE enforcement operations. The department has been shut down for more than five weeks, with no clear path forward emerging from the latest negotiations.
The breakdown came after GOP senators had just convinced President Trump to drop his demands for including the SAVE America Act in the funding package. Republicans hoped a narrower deal could pass the Senate, but Democrats immediately rejected the proposal and some Republicans criticized it as capitulation.