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House conservatives warn Trump-Schumer deal undercuts GOP leverage on DHS funding
One House Republican tells Fox News Digital, 'We just shot ourselves in the foot'
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published February 4, 2026 12:39pm EST

House conservatives are quietly grumbling about the deal President Donald Trump entered into with Senate Democrats to keep the government open — particularly regarding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Some Republican lawmakers are concerned that the plan will force them to swallow concessions on immigration enforcement policies that they would not normally entertain while the GOP holds all the levers of power in Washington, albeit with slim majorities.

"I don’t think we have any more leverage," one House Republican granted anonymity to speak candidly told Fox News Digital. "We just shot ourselves in the foot, and nine days later we’ll do it again."

The compromise between Democrats and the White House funds 97% of the federal government through Sept. 30, but only keeps DHS running until Feb. 13.

That's because House and Senate Democrats walked away from an initial compromise that would similarly fund DHS through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2026, in exchange for added guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) like a new body-worn camera mandate and required training on de-escalation and public engagement.

The earlier plan passed the House, mostly with only GOP support, but was rejected by Senate Democrats in the wake of unrest in Minneapolis over Trump's immigration crackdown. Federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens there during anti-ICE demonstrations, with tensions escalating thanks to those fatal encounters and angry rhetoric by progressive local officials.

Trump's new deal for DHS with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is aimed at giving time for more bipartisan negotiations on a longer-term funding plan.

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Schumer, Jeffries mend rift, present united front on DHS reforms as deadline nears
Top congressional Democrats promise 'tough, strong legislation' within 24 hours after House leader bucked Senate deal with Trump
By Alex Miller Fox News
Published February 4, 2026 1:02pm EST

 The top congressional Democrats appear to have mended their rift over the controversial Homeland Security spending bill and presented a revamped list of demands to earn the party's support to fund the agency.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., presented a unified front on Wednesday to unveil a retooled wish list of reforms for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the top House Democrat bucked his colleague's deal with President Donald Trump.

"We're united as House and Senate Democrats," Schumer said. "We're going to have tough, strong legislation. We hope to have it within the next 24 hours that we will submit together. And then we want our Republican colleagues to finally get serious about this."

Schumer laid out congressional Democrats' requirements for their support of a full-year DHS funding bill, which varied little from the same list of demands he unveiled last week. The only difference now is that he had a buy-in from House Democrats.

Among the demands are an end to roving patrols, oversight by state and local governments where ICE and DHS are operating, along with the right to sue. Lastly, Schumer demanded that there be "no secret police."

"I find it amazing that the Speaker of the House, [is] saying… they should be allowed to have masks," Schumer said. "This group, which needs to be identified more than any other group, should have a standard much more lenient and hidden than other police forces?"

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Among the demands are an end to roving patrols, oversight by state and local governments where ICE and DHS are operating, along with the right to sue. Lastly, Schumer demanded that there be "no secret police."

"I find it amazing that the Speaker of the House, [is] saying… they should be allowed to have masks," Schumer said. "This group, which needs to be identified more than any other group, should have a standard much more lenient and hidden than other police forces?"

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1.) ICE agents have to hide their identities because of the threat that radicals will use facial-recognition to identify and terorrize ICE agents and their families.

2.) Feds have no Constitutional requirement to submit to state and local authorities, who have been actviely obstructing Federal Immigration Law enforcement.

My counter offer is this:

1.) RICO investigations of corrupt enterprises and organizations, including those who fund them, that actively conspire or fund conspirators to commit criminal acts against Federal Law enforcement personnel, on-duty and off-duty.

2.) A Federal fiscal seige of States with "Santcuary" juridictions - no Federal monies for state-administered social programs.

3.) A law that requires recipients of state administered social programs, that receive Federal funding, to be American Citizens or Legal Residents as defined by US Code, and to provide verification by filling out an I-9 for every person each and every time they apply for (Federally funded) benefit programs.

4.) A law that makes Medicaid a re-imbursement program for GAO-audited, qualified expenses by quailfied recipients who have filled out an I-9.  No upfront grants.

5.) A law that requires state law enforcement agaencies that receive Federal funds act on ICE detainers and to notify ICE of illegal criminal alien foreigners when they are in custody; upon release from jail and prison; on parole; on probabtion.

6.) A Federal Law that requires recipients for Federal Student Loans, or student loans underwritten by the US Government, fill out an I-9, and that US Universities that receive Federal funds to require all applications, students, faculty, employees, etc., to fill out an I-9.

I have to prove my US Citizenship (i-9) when I apply for employment.  The same should be required of beneficiaries of Federal funding or underwriting.

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