Shutdown Negotiators Consider Major Restrictions On ICE’s Ability To Detain Illegals

Saagar Enjeti | White House Correspondent

As a part of the effort to end the partial government shutdown, Senate negotiators have floated drastic restrictions on the detention of criminal illegal aliens which would dramatically limit the number of illegals ICE could detain.

A source close to the negotiations tells The Daily Caller that the Senate is discussing

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President Trump Explains McGurk is an Obama Appointee who moved up his planned resignation

OAN Newsroom
8:22 PM PT – Sat. Dec. 22, 2018

President Trump is speaking out against the recent resignation of the U.S. Special Envoy to combat ISIS Brett McGurk.

The President said he’s “never personally met McGurk in a series of Tweets on Saturday. He says the the 2015 Obama appointee was supposed to leave his post in February, but left earlier than expected.

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McConnell encourages Dems to do something about border security wall

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 10:30 AM PT – Sat. Dec 22, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urges his colleagues across the aisle to address the president’s request for border security funding as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, walks back to his office as they work to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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