*** partial government shutdown started at midnight, but the Senate did vote on Friday to fund most of the federal government through the end of September. The reason that *** shutdown happened regardless is because the deal struck between President Trump and Senate Democrats still needs to go back over to the House for approval, and they’re not expected to come back to Capitol Hill until Monday. In the meantime, federal agencies included in that spending package like the Departments of Defense, Education, Transportation, Health, and Labor are expected to start implementing shutdown contingency plans. Typically that means essential services continue like Social Security and Medicare, while others could face disruptions. Now that impact should be limited if this is resolved early next week. But if the lapse drags on for longer, federal workers, some of whom will. Be furloughed could see paycheck delays too. Unlike the last government shutdown, SNAP benefits will not be impacted because the agency that oversees the food aid program was among those funded last year. The big question moving forward is whether Congress will pass new restrictions on immigration rates. The Senate deal calls for extending Department of Homeland Security funding for just 2 weeks from now while negotiations continue. And there’s no guarantee of compromise. Senate Democrats will not support *** DHS bill unless it reins in ice and ends the violence. When you look at the substance rather than the slogans, the demands all converge on *** single outcome. Robbing us of the power to enforce our immigration laws, some of those Democratic demands include things like ending so-called roving patrols, tightening warrant requirements, requiring body cameras, and removing masks on ICE agents. But Republicans are expected to bring their own ideas to the table in this negotiation, like cracking down on sanctuary cities. Reporting on Capitol Hill, I’m Jackie DeFusco.
Trump says feds won’t intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid mounting criticism of his administration’s immigration crackdown. Related video above: A partial government shutdown started at midnight as debate over immigration enforcement continuesOn his social media site, Trump posted that “under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help.”He provided no further details on how his order would affect operations by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement and DHS personnel, or other federal agencies, but added: “We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists.”Trump said that in addition to his instructions to Noem, he had directed “ICE and/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of Federal Government Property.”The Trump administration has already deployed the National Guard, or federal law enforcement officials, in a number of Democratic areas, including Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon. But Saturday’s order comes as opposition to such tactics has grown, particularly in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have challenged a federal immigration enforcement surge in those cities, arguing that DHS is violating constitutional protections.A federal judge says she won’t halt enforcement operations as the lawsuit proceeds. State and local officials had sought a quick order to halt the enforcement action or limit its scope. Justice Department lawyers have called the lawsuit “legally frivolous.”The state, particularly Minneapolis, has been on edge after federal officers fatally shot two people in the city: Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the federal action in Minnesota and across the country.Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has suggested the administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota — but only if state and local officials cooperate. Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis following the killings of Good and Pretti, seeming to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minnesota.
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid mounting criticism of his administration’s immigration crackdown.
Related video above: A partial government shutdown started at midnight as debate over immigration enforcement continues
On his social media site, Trump posted that “under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help.”
He provided no further details on how his order would affect operations by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement and DHS personnel, or other federal agencies, but added: “We will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists.”
Trump said that in addition to his instructions to Noem, he had directed “ICE and/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of Federal Government Property.”
The Trump administration has already deployed the National Guard, or federal law enforcement officials, in a number of Democratic areas, including Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon. But Saturday’s order comes as opposition to such tactics has grown, particularly in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have challenged a federal immigration enforcement surge in those cities, arguing that DHS is violating constitutional protections.
A federal judge says she won’t halt enforcement operations as the lawsuit proceeds. State and local officials had sought a quick order to halt the enforcement action or limit its scope. Justice Department lawyers have called the lawsuit “legally frivolous.”
The state, particularly Minneapolis, has been on edge after federal officers fatally shot two people in the city: Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the federal action in Minnesota and across the country.
Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has suggested the administration could reduce the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota — but only if state and local officials cooperate. Trump sent Homan to Minneapolis following the killings of Good and Pretti, seeming to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minnesota.
