"Shut it down! It took not one but two killings of unarmed white American citizens by immigration enforcement agents for the Democrats to commit to withholding funds from the Department of Homeland Security, the agency of which Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the border patrol the killers are part. After the first killing, seven House Democrats nevertheless voted with Republicans to allocate $64.4 billion to the DHS, including $10bn for ICE."
"The bill they approved contained none of their party's commonsense reforms, such as prohibition of masks and the requirement that agents obtain a judicial warrant before busting down a person's door not just an administrative warrant signed by the same agency invading the home. This last reform, which the Republican party rejected, is the soul of the fourth amendment, without which no one is safe anywhere from the state's intrusion."
Two killings of unarmed white American citizens by immigration enforcement agents prompted Democrats to commit to withholding funds from the Department of Homeland Security. After the first killing, seven House Democrats had voted with Republicans to allocate $64.4 billion to DHS, including $10 billion for ICE. The approved bill lacked proposed reforms such as mask prohibitions and a requirement that agents obtain judicial warrants before forcible home entry rather than agency-issued administrative warrants. Republicans rejected the judicial-warrant reform. Following the second killing some congressmembers reversed positions, and Senate consideration plus Schumer's vow make a partial shutdown appear likely.
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