"Politico reports there's "broad Republican opposition" to the kinds of restrictions on ICE that Senate Democrats have already proposed, which are themselves considered weak tea by many progressive Democrats, not to mention the grassroots activists who want ICE closed down forever. Meanwhile, there's steadily increasing pressure in the GOP ranks to counter Democratic demands with proposals to crack down on "sanctuary cities" or to impose vast new "show your papers" requirements on people who want to vote in November to address imaginary widespread noncitizen voting."
"If, as appears very likely, negotiations on immigration enforcement go nowhere or even go backwards by February 13, when the continuing resolution for DHS runs out, what then? Republicans are talking about another short-term CR, or even one that runs until October. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is saying "hell no" to that, and again, Punchbowl News reports there is "zero chance" of Senate Democrats supplying enough votes to just fund DHS under present levels until the end of the year."
A brief partial federal shutdown ended when enough House Democrats joined Republicans to approve appropriations for several major departments and a ten-day DHS stopgap. Negotiations over immigration-enforcement rules administered by DHS, especially ICE and Border Patrol, appear unlikely to produce compromise. Senate Democratic proposals face broad Republican opposition and are viewed as insufficient by progressive Democrats and activists. GOP pressure is rising to pursue measures against sanctuary cities and impose voter "show your papers" requirements. If talks collapse by the February 13 DHS deadline, options include another short CR or a longer CR through October, intensifying partisan brinkmanship and shutdown risk.
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