Vice President Pence on Thursday night backed 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's position demanding $5.6 billion in border wall funding, telling Fox News's Tucker Carlson, "No wall, no deal."

Trump's request for border wall funding triggered the partial government shutdown, which began on Dec. 22 and is set to hit the two-week mark on Friday. Democrats have so far declined to offer more than an extension for 2018 border security funds that included $1.3 billion for fencing.

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"What we completely focused on is keeping the president’s promise to build a wall, to pass legislation that provides other support for border security," Pence said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Carlson pressed Pence over one proposed concession that would give Dreamers, or recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a pathway to citizenship in exchange for any increase in border security funding.

"There are a lot of people talking about a lot of different ideas," Pence said, expressing some openness to the idea. "The better part of a year ago, the president expressed a willingness to deal with the issue of Dreamers in a compassionate way for people who were brought here as children for no fault of their own."