Rep. Cheri Bustos Cheryl (Cheri) Lea BustosThe Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally DCCC dropping million on voter education program Clark rolls out endorsements in assistant Speaker race MORE (D-Ill.) on Friday said that Democrats could end up agreeing to funding for a "partial wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to reopen the government, but noted that the border wall has "become nothing more than a symbol" to President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE.

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Bustos told CNN's "New Day" on Friday that such a deal would be typical of the kind of compromise Americans expect from lawmakers.

"It is nothing more than a symbol when you look at it in this perspective," Bustos said of Trump's wall proposal on Friday. "If we have a partial wall, if we have fencing, if we have technology used to keep our borders safe, all of that is fine but it has just become this symbol that the president is not going to have any give-or-take when it comes to this $5 billion dollars."

"[I]n the end, we might have to give or take a little bit. It’s just the way the world works,” Bustos added.

.@RepCheri Bustos says the border wall has become “nothing more than a symbol,” but notes that “in the end, we might have to give or take a little bit. It’s just the way the world works.”https://t.co/oiGb5OgcB7 pic.twitter.com/2aUrs7YK1Z — New Day (@NewDay) January 4, 2019

The congresswoman later clarified her comments in a tweet, saying, "We already have fencing & barriers along parts of the border. I support common sense and effective means to secure the border. We must negotiate to end the # TrumpShutdown but not by giving the President a costly & ineffective taxpayer-funded wall for political cover."

Her remarks come just days after newly sworn-in Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) seemed to indicate that Democrats in the House would provide "nothing" in funding for Trump's wall proposal as negotiations to reopen the government amid the partial shutdown continue.

"No, no. Nothing for the wall," Pelosi said in an interview that aired Thursday. Democrats have offered $1.3 billion for border security.

Pelosi and other Democrats have pointed to support from Republicans for bills that would reopen the government without fully funding the president's border wall as evidence that the blame for the shutdown remains with the White House, which has sought to accuse Democrats of not supporting secure borders amid the shutdown fight.

“We are asking the president to open up the government,” Pelosi said outside the White House following a meeting Wednesday with Trump. "We are giving him a Republican path to do that. Why would he not do it?”

Updated at 12:33 p.m.