""Senate Democrats are united behind a set of commonsense policy goals," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday after a private caucus meeting, adding, "We want masks off, body cameras on.""
""Schumer called on Republicans to either change the DHS spending bill to incorporate the Democrats' demands or strip it from the larger funding package.""
""Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled, the DHS funding bill won't have the votes to pass the Senate," Schumer said on X on Wednesday."
""If the ICE agents and the Border Patrol agents weren't being doxxed and weren't being harassed and didn't have their families under attack, they'd be happy not to wear masks," Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said regarding Democrats' mask ban."
Senate Democrats demand changes to the DHS funding bill to impose reforms on ICE, require body cameras, and ban masks for agents during enforcement. Republicans propose securing some changes via executive action rather than altering the funding bill, but Democrats distrust executive-only fixes and insist on statutory changes. Passage of the broader funding package requires at least six Democratic votes, giving Democrats leverage to block the bill until ICE arrest practices, roving patrols, and warrant use are constrained. Proposed reforms could range from procedural adjustments to measures that substantially reduce arrest activity by federal immigration agents.
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