Schumer Vows To Withhold DHS Votes Over Minnesota Shootings
Senate Democrats say they will block a $1.33 trillion spending package if it includes $64.4 billion for DHS after two fatal Minnesota shootings.
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Overview
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said on Jan. 26 that Senate Democrats will withhold the 60 votes needed to advance a $1.33 trillion appropriations package if it includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security, records show.
The threat follows the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good during federal immigration enforcement operations, incidents marked by conflicting accounts from local officials and federal authorities, records show.
President Donald Trump spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Jan. 26 and, the governor's office said, agreed to have White House Border Czar Tom Homan contact the state and ask DHS about reducing the number of federal agents.
The House-passed minibus devotes $64.4 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, including $10 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the measure only drew floor support from seven of 213 House Democrats, records show.
Senators face a Jan. 30 deadline to pass the six-bill appropriations package or risk at least a partial government shutdown, aides warned, and several lawmakers have demanded hearings and investigations into DHS operations.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story through moralized accountability and urgency: news pieces foreground deaths, timelines, and bipartisan reactions while editorial content uses loaded terms ('appalling', 'outrageous'), urges policy changes and leadership removals, and highlights Democratic calls to block DHS funding — prioritizing victims' stories and calls for investigations over neutral procedural detail.