From Washington: The Funding Fight Over ICE

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Opposition to ICE is nothing new, however recent events in Minneapolis have dragged the immigration enforcement agency into the center of a political firestorm, one that could potentially jeopardize the government’s next set of funding bills. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins The Rundown to discuss the funding battle brewing around ICE, the debate over Greenland’s potential annexation, and what you need to know about the Cryptocurrency hearing that was abruptly cancelled last Wednesday. Later, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) joins to discuss his bill which would offer a legal pathway to annex Greenland if passed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sunday, January 18th, 2026.
0:07.1	I'm Ryan Schmels.
0:08.6	Democrats are demanding changes to how ICE carries out its operations with a funding deadline
0:13.3	quickly approaching.
0:14.7	DHS funding is the key.
0:16.3	The reason is because Democrats, especially progressives, especially the left, have made this point about
0:21.9	we want to defund or abolish ICE. And a Republican congressman has a bill that would pave the way
0:28.0	for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. And so what my bill would do is it would authorize legally
0:32.8	the annexation of Greenland, and it would create an expedited path to make it the 51st state if that's what
0:39.1	Congress wanted to do. This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
0:53.5	Democrats are pushing for action when it comes to ICE, arguing federal immigration agents
0:58.5	are going too far.
1:00.5	Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is among those who want to use the government funding process
1:05.5	to rein in the agency.
1:07.6	Not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations.
1:13.6	Republicans are firing back. House Speaker Mike Johnson tells Fox News, Democrats are endangering safety across the country.
1:21.6	This is no time to be playing games with national security and public safety, and that's what Democrats are doing,
1:28.6	beating the drums up here. Remember what ICE stands for. It's immigration and customs enforcement.
1:33.5	They are enforcing the law. The Department of Homeland Security is one of the agencies facing
1:37.7	a funding deadline at the end of the month, as Congress is working to avoid another government
1:42.3	shutdown. Well, the good news is that you're not going to have, if we were to get to this point on January 30th, a complete government shutdown.
1:50.0	Fox's senior congressional correspondent, Chad Pergroom, we spoke Friday.
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