#ice-reform

#ice-reform

Senate and House minority leaders Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) subtly weakened their already tepid demands for ICE reforms in a press conference on Wednesday - before negotiations with Republicans even started. In a press conference about the Democrats' demands, the two leaders reiterated their belief that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration agents should not be allowed to wear masks. But they both qualified their statements by saying that this prohibition isn't sweeping.

Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement. Thursday's 45-55 test vote came as Democrats have threatened a partial government shutdown when money runs out on Friday. But Trump said just ahead of the vote that we don't want a shutdown

The likelihood of another government shutdown by the end of this week has spiked, as markets take heed of incensed policymakers following the shooting of Minnesota nurse, Alex Pretti, on Saturday. Odds of another federal shutdown, prior to January 24, had sat at around 30% over the past few weeks. That changed dramatically as reports spread of the 37-year-old Pretti's death this weekend. At the time of writing, speculators on Polymarket estimate a 79% chance of another government shutdown come January 31-this Saturday.