Senate Democrats have threatened to oppose funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a recent Border Patrol agent-involved shooting occurred on Saturday.
Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), among others, came out against voting in favor of a bill that would fund DHS. Democrats called for “MAJOR reforms” to be made to DHS.
The opposition from the Democrats came after a recent shooting, which left a 37-year-old man dead.
The Hill reported that the Democrats coming out against funding the DHS comes after “House Democrats joined with nearly all Republicans to pass a sweeping $64.4 billion funding bill, which includes roughly $10 billion for ICE.”:
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