Senate Republicans criticized Democrats’ list of demands to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday, further reducing the odds of reaching a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded beyond next week’s deadline.
“As of right now, we aren’t anywhere close to having any sort of an agreement that would enable us to fund the Department of Homeland Security,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on the Senate floor Thursday.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries released a list of policies to impose “guardrails” on DHS on Wednesday night, including by restricting immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring them to display an ID and use body cameras. The Democrats also demanded agents be banned from entering private property without judicial warrants, along with requiring agents to verify that someone is not a U.S. citizen before holding them in immigration detention, among other things.
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The Democrats also said there are steps the administration can take immediately to “show good faith,” including removing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem from her position and fully ramping down the immigration operation in Minneapolis.
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The back and forth comes after the House voted to fund the bulk of the government earlier this week, following a four-day partial shutdown. {snip}
Thune pointed to the tight timeline Thursday. He noted that Democrats insisted that DHS only be funded for two weeks.
“We have one week and one day left to pass the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill,” Thune said. “The onus is on Democrats to negotiate in good faith and reach an agreement quickly.”
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