It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. So as we refer to briefly during

Ramze Khalifay's report from LaGuardia Airport, the Senate held a rare weekend

session over the past couple of days, and you know something unusual is happening if lawmakers

are working through the weekend. Republican Majority Leader John Thune kept senators in Washington

to tackle two major issues, and one is funding for the Department of Homeland Security,

which has been in a partial shutdown since mid-February. Democrats are refusing to move forward

unless Republicans agree to new limits on immigration enforcement, specifically rules of

engagement for ICE, like requiring warrants for home entries where they're not in hot

pursuit of someone and body cameras and masks for ICE officers. Apparently, President Trump just

said a few minutes ago, and our guest here is on this, that he is a big proponent of ICE wearing masks. That's an issue for the Democrats. And negotiations

were going on on things like that through the weekend, as of now still no deal. And as you

probably know, the shutdown is starting to have ripple effects like at airport security with

TSA staffing strain.

So travelers are seeing very long lines.

Trump's response, he says he's going to send ICE officers to airports to help with security.

So it's unclear exactly what role they would play and if their training is appropriate to that.

But the second major issue that the Senate was

kept in session to discuss this weekend is one of Trump's biggest priorities right now, maybe his

biggest legislative priority, the so-called Save America Act, that voting bill that would require

proof of citizenship and government-issued ID to vote require proof of citizenship and government issued ID to vote,

proof of citizenship to register.

The House passed it, but in the Senate, Republicans don't have the votes to overcome a filibuster.

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