Lawmakers are still at an impasse over how to end a partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which began on February 14 over congressional Democrats’ refusal to fund the department charged with carrying out the administration’s immigration enforcement agenda.
Democrats have spent recent weeks tangling with Republicans over how to fund the department. Democratic leaders made clear on Wednesday that they are still miles apart from Republicans on making a deal that appeases their base’s desire for new restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the wake of two federal-officer-involved fatal shootings of American citizens earlier this year.
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