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Democrats Move to Condition DHS Funding on ICE Limits After Minneapolis Shooting

Party leaders reject a broader shutdown, with Sen. Chris Murphy testing leverage from a late‑January DHS funding deadline.

Members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 6.
Minneapolis Police officers look on as they hold a perimeter around the scene of a shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Sen. Chris Murphy speaks to reporters on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Overview

  • Sen. Chris Murphy is pressing to tie DHS appropriations to new limits on ICE following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis.
  • Murphy's plan would require warrants for interior arrests, ban masks during enforcement, mandate visible identification, restrict ICE firearms use in civil cases, and confine Border Patrol operations to the border.
  • As top Democrat on the Senate panel overseeing DHS, Murphy is building support to make these changes a condition for any bill before funding expires Jan. 30.
  • Progressives are threatening to withhold votes for DHS funding, while Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries say a full shutdown is not on the table.
  • Republican leaders, including Tom Emmer and Lisa McClain, defended ICE after DHS said the officer fired defensive shots, leaving a bipartisan deal uncertain in the Senate.