US EditionDemocrats lay out immigration enforcement demands to avert shutdown
Senate Democrats demand enforceable ICE reforms including mandatory agent ID, body cameras, and ending roving patrols to secure DHS funding amid recent fatal shootings, Schumer said.
- On Wednesday, Senate Democrats outlined demands to reform immigration enforcement and said they will withhold votes unless the Trump administration agrees to changes at ICE before funding expires at midnight Friday.
- After two deadly federal-agent shootings in Minneapolis this month, Democrats cite Alex Pretti and Renee Good's deaths as urgent reasons to reform immigration enforcement.
- Schumer detailed concrete steps, saying `These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement`, including visible ID, body cameras, ending roving patrols, and coordination with law enforcement.
- Packing six appropriations into one bill means isolating DHS funding requires unanimous consent of all 100 senators or lengthy votes, while Senate needs eight Democrats and House Republicans resist reopening the package.
- The White House remains unclear, as of Wednesday, whether it will accept Democrats' conditions, though Senate Majority Leader John Thune said, `The administration's willing to sit down with them and have a discussion, perhaps a negotiation, about how do we move forward`.
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Democrats poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won’t meet demands for ICE reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer
Democrats in the US Senate have released a list of new demands for the immigration police ICE, reports CBS News.
Partial Shutdown Seems Increasingly Likely as Democrats Demand ICE Changes
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement that officers show identification as the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
Democratic senators say they will not agree to extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security until September without new limits on Trump's crackdown on immigration.
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