Overview
- Sen. Chris Murphy is developing a package to attach to DHS appropriations that would require warrants for interior arrests, ban masks, mandate visible IDs, limit firearm use in civil operations, and keep Border Patrol at the border.
- Progressives are pressing to condition or withhold DHS money at the end-of-January deadline to force ICE constraints, with support from figures including House Progressive Caucus members and Rep. Julie Johnson.
- Top Democrats Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have signaled they are not pursuing a shutdown strategy, reflecting broader hesitation among moderates.
- DHS says the Minneapolis shooting involved defensive fire by an ICE officer, while some Democrats and local officials are calling for investigations and, in some cases, the agent’s arrest.
- Plans for a bipartisan Homeland Security funding bill have been disrupted, with GOP sources saying it could be pulled from the floor as negotiations continue and any Senate deal would require Democratic votes.