"President Donald Trump signed a package of funding bills on Tuesday afternoon that will end the four-day partial government shutdown. It's still not clear how DHS will be funded in the long run. Funding for the department runs out on Friday, February 13, and Republicans have yet to agree to changes to immigration enforcement that Democrats are demanding in exchange for supporting the funding."
"In the wake of Pretti's killing, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer laid out three key demands on ICE: Ending roving patrols and tightening arrest warrant rules; More accountability measures for ICE, including independent investigations; Adding body cameras and removing masks from ICE officers. In a Tuesday statement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed up those points, while also calling for an "end to the storming of sensitive locations like houses of worship, schools, and hospitals.""
President Donald Trump signed funding bills that ended a four-day partial government shutdown. Department of Homeland Security funding expires Friday, February 13, creating a looming deadline. Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over immigration enforcement changes that Democrats demand in exchange for support. Without an agreement, agencies covered by the DHS bill could go unfunded, and prolonged delays could cause workers to miss paychecks. Agencies affected include the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Coast Guard. ICE and Customs and Border Protection would be less affected because Republicans previously allocated roughly $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
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