GOP senators: Trump on board with DHS funding plan [View all]

Source: UPI

President Donald Trump is willing to accept a Homeland Security funding plan that excludes funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, unnamed White House officials told media outlets Tuesday.

The plan includes using reconciliation to get the ICE funding and parts of the SAVE Act, which would allow it to pass without votes from Democrats, the sources told The Hill.

"Conversations are still ongoing, but at this point this seems to be an acceptable solution," a White House official told NewsNation.

"All I can say is that the discussions have been very positive and productive, and hopefully headed in the right direction," said Senate Republican leader John Thune, R-S.D., late Monday.

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