Senate Dems Threaten to Block DHS Funding After Border Patrol Shooting
Senate Democrats have threatened to defund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a recent shooting involving a Border Patrol agent on Saturday.
Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), among others, have spoken out against voting for a bill that would fund DHS. Democrats have called for “MAJOR reforms” to DHS.
The opposition from Democrats came after a recent shooting, which claimed the life of a 37-year-old man.
THE Hill reported that Democrats came out against defunding DHS after “House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans in passing a sweeping $64.4 billion funding bill, which includes about $10 billion for ICE.” »:
Days earlier, seven House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to pass a sweeping $64.4 billion funding bill, including about $10 billion for ICE. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only Republican congressman to vote against the measure.
He ignored objections from Democratic leaders, who said he wasn’t doing enough to rein in ICE operations and officer conduct.
“What is happening in Minnesota is appalling and unacceptable in any American city,” Schumer wrote in a statement. job on
Schumer continued to state that Senate Democrats would not provide “the votes necessary to proceed with the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
“Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless murder,” Warner wrote in a statement. job on X. “This brutal repression must stop. »
Warner added that he “cannot” and will not “vote to defund DHS while” the Trump administration “continues these violent federal takeovers” of cities across the United States.
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“I’m a no, not a dime more vote for ICE,” Warren wrote in a job on X. “We should not fund this terror. »
“I will not vote to fund the illegal operations of DHS and ICE that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote in a statement. job on X. “The deaths of innocent Americans and the detention of thousands of innocent people are a national disgrace. »
Breitbart News’ AWR Hawkins reported that in a statement, DHS explained that agents “conducted a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault.”
The man, identified as Alex Pretti, allegedly approached “U.S. Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun” while they were conducting operations.
