Democrats Won This Funding Fight. Now Comes Hard Part

Democrats Won This Funding Fight. Now Comes Hard Part

Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while talks continue on reforming ICE amid protests in Minneapolis.

Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Security funding

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Getty Images The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in order to negotiate new guardrails around Immigrations and Custom…