US EditionHow Popular Are Democrats’ Shutdown Demands on Immigration?
Democrats demand stricter Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms after two agent-related deaths, risking a partial shutdown that could furlough thousands of federal workers.
- Saturday, a prolonged impasse between congressional Republicans and Democrats threatens to ensnare the Department of Homeland Security in a partial shutdown, with little sign of agreement before the deadline.
- Democrats say they will withhold DHS funding until ICE practices are reformed, pressing for curtailed patrols, a facemask ban, judicial warrants for private entry, body cameras, and use-of-force standards.
- Senate Democrats warn `Half-measures will not cut it` as 53 Republican senators cannot meet the 60-vote threshold, with talks stalled after a late Wednesday counterproposal, said Senate Democrat Patty Murray.
- If no agreement emerges, thousands of federal civil servants could be furloughed or forced to work without pay, FEMA would face disaster response disruptions, and TSA warned on X of staffing losses causing flight delays.
- The administration's rapid expansion made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency last year, and polls show 7 in 10 want changes to ICE, which would still operate during a shutdown thanks to funds approved last year, Schumer said.
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