U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Another government shutdown is looming, with a Friday deadline, and there is no agreement in sight.
After another shooting death at the hands of an ICE agent, lawmakers are pausing the funding bill that pays for such operations across the country. While the ICE bill has passed the House, Senators announced on Saturday that they aren't approving the funding without reining in the violence.
Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan told CNN on Sunday that the trillion-dollar funding package cannot pass as it is right now.
"There's no way Democrats will vote for ICEfunding. There's no way they'llvote for DHS funding. That's theumbrella agency that ICE falls under — the Department of Homeland Security. There's no way theycan do that."
He noted that Republicans are already calling for an investigation after Saturday's shooting. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) is the new chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and is one of those calling for a hearing and testimony from ICE and other top DHS officials.
Bresnahan said that Republicans might be "sticking with Trump right now," but that he thinks that "under the surface," the GOP is growing "nervous."
"I mean, there [have] been reports that Trump doesn't like the images coming out of Minnesota about these agents. You know, grabbingpeople, snatching people off thestreet, leaving, you know, using,allegedly using, little childrenas bait to try to getmigrants to come into custody," said Bresnahan. "So, I mean, theimages that are really tough for Republicans. And you see acouple of Republicans onlinealready saying this."
Garbarino's comments, he said, are the most notable.
"Garbarino is very interesting. He's a chairman of a full committee that he just took over. He just took this over. Him calling for hearings here, I think, is pretty significant. So there is definitely unease there," said Bresnahan.