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Congress Ends the Shutdown. Now, Democrats Eye Immigration Enforcement Reforms.
Congress passed a temporary 10-day Department of Homeland Security funding to avoid shutdown while debating immigration enforcement reforms after two deaths by federal agents.
- On Tuesday, Congress approved a 10-day funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security while lawmakers negotiate Democrats' demands before funding lapses on February 14.
- After the Minneapolis shootings, Democratic leaders demanded reforms, as Senate Democrats withheld full DHS funding following the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, pressing for mask bans, body cameras and tighter warrant rules.
- ICE officials and memos indicate enforcement often relies on administrative warrants, with an internal ICE memo urging agents to enter homes without judicial warrants, and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson argues these warrants are sufficient.
- A lapse in DHS funding would affect agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, forcing nonessential operations to halt, while sixty votes are needed in the U.S. Senate to pass any spending bill.
- With skepticism from GOP leaders about the timeline, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called a deal by the Feb. 13 deadline an "impossibility," while President Donald Trump backed separating DHS funding and a short extension.
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Congress ends the shutdown. Now, Democrats eye immigration enforcement reforms.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress voted to end the shutdown, but remain divided on their next big task: Whether to reform how the Department of Homeland Security conducts immigration enforcement. Democrats are pushing for more accountability; the GOP is pushing back.
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