Handful Of Senators Ram Through DHS Funding Bill So They Can Take 2 Week Vacation
Five Senators passed a funding bill at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning that would end a partial government shutdown before the body went into its two-week Easter recess. Senate Democrats filibustered the Department of Homeland…
Five Senators passed a funding bill at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning that would end a partial government shutdown before the body went into its two-week Easter recess.
Senate Democrats filibustered the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, demanding new restrictions on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in January in Minneapolis during violent incidents between the agency and agitators opposing federal immigration enforcement operations. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri, alongside Democratic Sens. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Andy Kim of New Jersey, were present for the vote with Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio presiding, Punchbowl News reporter Andrew Desiderio reported.
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The legislation excludes Democratic-demanded mandates for ICE agents to stop wearing masks and to obtain so-called “judicial warrants” to enter private property to apprehend illegal immigrants, but it also does not fund the agency. A portion of the United States Customs and Border Protection is also not funded.