‘What’s Happening In Minnesota Is Appalling’: Schumer Vows Dems Won’t Support ‘Woefully Inadequate’ DHS Funding Bill

Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man Saturday in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he and other Democrats will not back a legislative package including a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), potentially risking a partial government shutdown.

The Senate has until Jan. 30 to pass a six-bill package funding multiple federal government agencies which, as presently being considered by the upper chamber, includes the DHS bill. If a total of 60 senators do not support the package by the deadline, the country will face a partial government shutdown — less than four months removed from a record 43-day standoff which Schumer and the vast majority of his caucus consistently voted to prolong.

“What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling—and unacceptable in any American city,” Schumer wrote in an X post late Saturday. “Democrats sought common sense reforms in the spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE .”

“I will vote no. Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included,” the minority leader added.

Since Republicans hold only 53 seats in the Senate, they will need the support of at least a handful of Democrats to reach the 60-vote threshold to break the upper chamber’s filibuster. Republicans also need every senator regardless of party to agree to accelerate the spending package in order for it to pass by the Jan. 30 deadline, Politico reported.

Border Patrol agents Saturday morning