Trump and Schumer move toward deal to split homeland security funding
President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved on Wednesday night toward a possible agreement to split off homeland security funding from a broader spending package and negotiate new limits on immigration agents as current funding for multiple federal agencies is set to lapse early Saturday, Jan.
28, 2026, according to The New York Times. Under the emerging plan, according to two officials knowledgeable about it, the Senate would separate legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security from a six-bill package that would keep the military, health programs and other federal agencies funded for the rest of the fiscal year.
The Senate would pass the other bills before a Friday midnight deadline, and Congress would consider a short-term extension for homeland security operations to prevent interruptions to the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The short-term bill would give lawmakers and the White House time to draft a new homeland security spending bill that includes the changes Democrats seek. Democrats had demanded that federal agents conducting deportation operations take off masks, wear body cameras and halt random sweeps and warrantless searches and arrests, and they sought more accountability for agents accused of using excessive force.
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