SCOOP: Senate Negotiators Eye Another ICE Funding Increase

GOP pushes for "operational capacity" while Schumer and Jeffries balk at drawing red lines, fearing "Defund" optics.

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators are actively pursuing a plan to increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by around 10% in the upcoming appropriations package, according to three sources familiar with the talks.

The proposed hike comes despite a congressional Republicans passing an historic $170 billion budget windfall for federal the immigration enforcement just six months ago and signals a widening fracture within the Democratic party on how to confront the Trump administration’s enforcement agenda.