Congress braces for DHS shutdown as funding bill negotiations stall<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
Congress is facing a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) if doesn\u2019t pass a full year funding bill by Friday.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the department running until 13 February<\/strong>, while Democrats negotiate with GOP colleagues and the White House over further guardrails for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), amid the ongoing use of force by officers \u2013\u00a0which has resulted in the fatal shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n Democrats argue that federal immigration enforcement officers are conducting indiscriminate raids, brutalizing people, and hiding their identities in the process. They have issued list of demands which include the need for judicial warrants, and for agents to not wear masks. Republicans, by and large, have pushed back \u2013 saying these are non-starters. Instead they have floated another short-term spending bill to extend negotiations in the midst of another policy impasse.<\/p>\n Democrats, however, seem deeply reluctant for another stopgap, and would favor a shutdown to make their points clear.<\/p>\n