Democratic senators vow to block DHS funding after latest Minneapolis shooting

[Wicked Blue]

The Hill

Several Senate Democrats on Saturday came out against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after another deadly shooting by federal authorities in Minneapolis earlier in the day.

“Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on the social platform X. “This brutal crackdown has to end. I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.”

On Saturday morning, a Minneapolis resident was shot and killed during an alleged “armed struggle” with Border Patrol agents, just a block from where 37-year-old Renee Good was fatally shot in her SUV by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross. In another incident, a Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg after federal officials claimed he struck an officer with a “shovel or broom stick.”

Days prior, seven House Democrats joined with nearly all Republicans to pass a sweeping $64.4 billion funding bill, which includes roughly $10 billion for ICE. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP congressman to vote against the measure.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5704855-senate-democrats-oppose-dhs-funding/

[Johonny]

1. This

[SSJVegeta]

2. They will not whip the vote and im sure it'll still get the 7 votes needed

Hopefully neither are from Minnesota at least

[Wicked Blue]

4. MORE: NBC has more comments from other Democratic senators

“What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city. Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement Saturday. “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who broke with her party and opposed its recent shutdown standoff over the Affordable Care Act, said she won’t support the DHS measure.

“The Trump Administration and Kristi Noem are putting undertrained, combative federal agents on the streets with no accountability. They are oppressing Americans and are at odds with local law enforcement,” Cortez Masto said in a statement. “This is clearly not about keeping Americans safe, it’s brutalizing U.S. citizens and law-abiding immigrants. I will not support the current Homeland Security funding bill.”

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., another one of the eight Democrats who voted for the November bill, came out against the current package one day before the Minnesota shooting. He said Congress shouldn’t validate a president who is “acting chaotically and unlawfully” and that he wants “significant amendment” to it.

More comments from senators:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dhs-funding-bill-senate-hurdles-killed-minneapolis-rcna255769

[bdamomma]

7. Let's keep

pushing them, they follow our lead.

Fuck this fascist regime and all those who are cowardly and not stand up to do the Peoples work and take their Constitutional rights seriously.

Remember, Remember the 7th of November.

[mr715]

8. Thank you Senator Schumer.

This is how you lead an opposition.

[rampartd]

5. i support whatever our congresscritters do to slow or stop this insanity

whatever your opinion of immigrants ,and if every one is a murderous sex trafficker, they would need to be treated humanely, identified properly, and deported legally

a little song about diversity being a good thing ...

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[Emile]

6. Is democratic leadership behind this?

[mr715]

9. Senator Schumer

At least from his statement, it reads like Sen. Schumer has control of the caucus. "Will not provide Dem votes"

[Emile]

12. That's great news!

[mr715]

13. Agree entirely. Fetterman is causing problems, though.

[bluestarone]

10. When will this vote happen

[a kennedy]

11. Oh NOW THEY'RE GONNA BLOCK FUNDS....WHERE WERE THEY FOR THE LAST VOTE????? 9 Dems voted for

funding!!!!!! Fawk, fawk, fawk.

[Jbraybarten]

14. but I don't think that this changes anything as they already are funded like a small country