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Chuck Schumer: “Right now, Trump is being destructive. It's his force. It's…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate

Published January 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 18:24

So I'm going to talk to Thune. Whatever he wants to say to Trump and whatever, you know, if Trump can be constructive, great. But when? I mean, Right now, Trump is being destructive. It's his force. It's his ICE force. It's his roving band of thugs going across the cities. Thune and I are the two leads on the negotiation. Okay. Yes. From a practical standpoint, funding is going to last at the end of today. (18:24–18:34)

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“Senate Democrats joined the American people in demanding real change when it comes to ICE and its behavior.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 00:02-00:12
“We would not provide the votes to proceed to government funding if the DHS funding bill was included.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 00:12-00:25
“The Senate must separate the Homeland securities bill out of the large appropriations bill.”
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“Democrats unanimously voted no [on the full funding package through the Senate with zero ICE reforms].”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 01:35-01:40
“Because of Democratic unity, the Senate was forced to change course.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 02:00-02:06
“The agreement we reached today did precisely what Democrats wanted. It separated DHS from the other funding bills.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 02:21-02:31
“Senate Democrats will not support a DHS bill unless it reins in ICE and ends the violence.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 03:11-03:19
“We demand ending the roving patrols.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 03:20-03:25
“Every officer must have clear identification.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 03:48-03:52
“The American people are crying out for change.”
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“We will need in the Senate, majority of votes, 60 votes. To pass the Homeland Security bill through the Senate.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 13:28-13:38
“We have a strong group of proposals. They're common sense. They're what the American people want us to do.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 13:43-13:51
“We want the Republicans to join us so that we can pass strong bipartisan legislation that curbs ICE, stops the violence, reins it in.”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 14:33-14:44
“The fact that they came and said, we're going to do it your way because you wouldn't, you know, because we blocked them their way, shows I…”
FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate | Uploaded January 31, 2026 | 15:10-15:27
“This bill was negotiated by, in the Senate, by Thune and me, but I've talked to Hakeem Jeffries, for instance. We talked about how long a CR…”
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“The whole ICE needs discipline, training, etc. Given the brutality, given everything they've done, we need real ID, plain and simple.”
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“One of the things we want to do is to make sure that the reforms we have apply to all the money that ICE is now spending, no matter where it…”
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“We expect that our Republicans will join us in every part of the conversation. But as has been made clear by the three of us, plain and…”
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