Senators Eye Deal on Homeland Security Funding

0:00It's March 24th. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Senators are eyeing a deal to break the Homeland Security funding deadlock by approving money for most of the department, including pay for. Transportation Security Administration workers at airports, while leaving out immigration and customs enforcement and removal operations and removal operations. At the heart of the fight, Republican Senators met with President Donald Trump at the White House late Monday and talked stretching to the night with hopes of written proposals. Ready for party lunches on Tuesday. Airports are swamped with long lines from understaff TSA screeners during the busy spring travel rush, all tied to this month-long standoff spark. By Democrats demanding limits on aggressive immigration raids after deaths during protests in Minneapolis. The plan would cover ISIS investigations and customs and border protection with new rules to keep officers in standard roles, add body cameras, and identification requirements,

1:03and extend restraints to other funding sources already in place. Senators also confirmed Mark Way Mullen as the new Homeland Security Secretary Monday night, bringing fresh leadership as negotiators pushed toward A. Resolution in the coming days.