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Feb. 11, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

Democrats Wait for Text of GOP Proposal

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), and Tim Kaine (Va.) during a news conference yesterday.
Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), and Tim Kaine (Va.) during a news conference yesterday.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

Congress is running out of time to broker a deal to overhaul the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement policy — or at least agree to keep talking about doing so — before that agency runs out of funding.

Democrats are waiting on more specifics about the White House’s response to their demands for guardrails on ICE and CBP after agents there killed two Americans in Minnesota.

President Donald Trump wants to avoid a shutdown, and the administration is engaged in “constructive conversations with members of both parties,” a White House official told ...

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