"The impasse comes as Trump's Democratic rivals demand reforms to immigration operations after deadly shootings in Minnesota. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement and disaster response is expected to run out of funds after legislators failed to avert a partial government shutdown. The Senate adjourned on Friday without reaching a deal to pass budget legislation for DHS."
"On February 4, Democratic leaders in Congress issued a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency that falls under the DHS. The demands included banning ICE agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities, prohibiting racial profiling and ending immigration raids on sensitive locations like schools and churches. Without such common sense reforms, the Democrats threatened to withhold their votes from any funding legislation for DHS."
DHS funding is expected to expire at midnight in Washington, DC (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, making a partial DHS shutdown nearly inevitable. The Senate adjourned without passing budget legislation for DHS, while the House had begun its weeklong recess. The impasse was driven by Democratic demands for reforms after a federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota that resulted in two US citizens being killed and reports of masked immigration agents threatening bystanders and using disproportionate violence. Democrats demanded reforms to ICE including banning masks, prohibiting racial profiling, and ending raids at sensitive locations; Republicans controlling both chambers rejected those demands and a Senate filibuster blocked the funding bill.
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