In following this two-track approach, the Republican Congress will fully reopen the Department, make sure all federal workers are paid, and specifically fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years so that those law-enforcement activities can continue uninhibited.
Thune discusses a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security and immigration enforcement.
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I know that where the math is on this issue in the Senate, and it’s just not happening.
I hope it doesn’t last through Thanksgiving, because that’s going to be a lot of harm to the American people and obviously a lot of harm to federal workers.
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