"Driving the news: Murphy, the top Democrat on the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees DHS, is trying to build a coalition of Democrats to insist on the changes as a condition of their support for a spending bill for the department - with funding set to lapse Jan. 30. But Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have already taken a shutdown at the end of the month off the table after weathering a bruising shutdown fight last fall."
"Murphy and his staff are in conversations with lawmakers from Minnesota, California and Illinois, where DHS has deployed large contingents of agents, a source familiar with the talks told Axios. "It's hard to imagine how Democrats are going to vote for a DHS bill that funds this level of illegality and violence without constraints," Murphy told Axios on Thursday. "There's gotta be some reasonable constraints.""
Senator Chris Murphy is attempting to assemble Democratic support to require restrictions on Department of Homeland Security operations as a condition for backing a DHS spending bill, with department funding set to lapse Jan. 30. Democratic leaders have largely ruled out a month-end shutdown after a previous confrontation. Murphy and his staff are consulting lawmakers from Minnesota, California, and Illinois, where DHS has deployed many agents. Proposed constraints include limiting ICE firearm use during civil matters and requiring agents to display identification. Republicans are unlikely to accept such demands, leaving Democrats the option to oppose or block DHS funding or a stopgap.
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