US Government Enters Partial Shutdown
Just after midnight on Saturday, several major federal departments lost funding, including War, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, State, Transportation, and the Treasury.
The Executive Office of the President and the Supreme Court are also affected. All other federal agencies have been funded for now.
Efforts to pass a $1.2 trillion budget stalled following deadly events earlier this month during an immigration enforcement effort. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in actions aimed at detaining undocumented immigrants, prompting national reaction and concern.
Democratic lawmakers insisted that the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security and linked agencies should be removed from the budget unless it included substantial changes to immigration enforcement policies.
Among their proposed measures were the creation of a code of behavior for ICE agents and a mandate requiring federal officers to display identification.
Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray criticized current enforcement practices, saying that ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are “out of control, and that we cannot just wait for the same president who caused this mess to address it.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated that Democrats were pushing for “dramatic changes at the Department of Homeland Security.”
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