Republicans and Democrats had reached an agreement in January to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year. The Democrats reneged on [an] agreement, demanding reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Over and above the reforms, I might add, that had already been agreed to in the funding bill. And Republicans, Mr. President, Republicans offered to give them additional reforms in addition to implementing reforms on its own. (00:58–01:05)
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Asserts that Democrats backed out of an agreement by demanding additional reforms to ICE.
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