Democrats are seizing on the moment to demand reforms to ICE as a condition for their support on any new DHS funding. In the Senate, Republicans need at least seven Democrats to vote with them to advance a DHS funding bill, in order to clear a filibuster. A continuing resolution “doesn’t do anything to constrain the way that they’re acting lawlessly,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Tuesday. A yearlong spending bill for DHS is the one shot Democrats have at putting any guardrails on ICE in the foreseeable future. “I feel cautiously optimistic,” House Appropriations Committee chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday about passing a DHS funding bill.

Source: Huffington Post January 17, 2026 13:31 UTC