Senators meet with border czar Tom Homan as lawmakers search for way out of DHS shutdown
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Washington — A group of senators met with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday as negotiators continue to seek an agreement to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement and end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Nikole Killion, Alan He and Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.
Washington — A group of senators met with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday as negotiators continue to seek an agreement to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement and end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
More than a month into the funding lapse, the meeting marked a key development as progress to date has appeared stagnant. Democrats and the White House have been trading proposals in recent weeks, but the two sides have remained far apart.
"First step is dialogue, and this is the very first time that we have had that" in six weeks, Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama said. "I hope that we will see more of that in the days to come."
She added that Thursday's meeting was not a negotiation, but a conversation, and there is "no guarantee of anything."
"I think it was helpful," she said.
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