Vice President Mike Pence said Republicans are not planning to make a budget deal that gives “amnesty,” or the government’s forgiving people illegally in the U.S. and providing a pathway to citizenship, as part of talks to end the partial federal shutdown.

“I have heard no discussion of that or amnesty related to this,” Pence told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview that aired late Thursday.

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