Top GOP senators to meet with Trump on DHS funding [View all]

Source: The Hill

04/09/26 1:01 PM ET


Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso (Wyo.) said he and Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will meet with President Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss the path forward on funding immigration enforcement portions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with only Republican votes.

The bill would be part of a two-step process to end the record DHS shutdown without acquiescing to Democrats’ demands for changes to immigration enforcement policy. The Senate has also passed a bipartisan bill to fund DHS that omits funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol.

“I’ll be meeting with the president tomorrow at the White House to talk about the proposal, what we plan to do,” Barrasso told reporters Thursday. “Lindsey Graham will be there as well, who’s chairman of the Budget Committee.”

Graham’s committee will have a critical role in crafting the legislation.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5824014-john-barrasso-lindsey-graham-donald-trump-gop-dhs-funding/