Sen. Ron Johnson blames state and local leaders for Alex Pretti’s killing
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What led to the debate over DHS funding in this episode?
Midnight, January 30th. That is when funding for the federal government runs out. We've all been here before, many, many times, everyone waiting and watching for Congress to come to an agreement on a continuing resolution to keep money flowing into the government.
Remember last year? Saying that Congress, with the help of the White House right now, is not doing its job since they are now barreling toward a shutdown if they can't agree on a spending deal by midnight tonight. Or remember back in 2021. Well, the clock is ticking. The threat of a government shutdown is looming right now if a short-term spending bill isn't approved. And let's go even further back, 2018.
In just an hour, the federal government will partially shut down.
But this time feels different because there was a deal. The vote in the Senate this week was supposed to be just a formality. That was until immigration enforcement officers shot and killed Alex Preddy on the streets of Minneapolis.
If Republicans refuse to work with us to rein in ICE and to end the violence, they're telling the American people they're choosing to protect ICE. over choosing to protect people's safety.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stood on the floor Thursday challenging the funding that has been set aside for the Department of Homeland Security, even though his Senate Democrats do support the rest of the spending package. Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California told NPR's Steve Inskeep how ICE operations must change.
I'm not prepared to spend another dime on ICE unless there's just a massive set of reforms.
Consider this. Democratic resistance to the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota could result in a partial government shutdown. With hours left, can lawmakers even reach a deal? And will Democrats even get the reforms they want? From NPR, I'm Elsa Chang.
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It's Consider This from NPR. Unlike his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson doesn't think that DHS funding should even be pulled into the battle over the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. Johnson says he does want an investigation into the shooting of Alex Preddy, but not at the expense of government funding. I asked Senator Johnson if he thinks ICE even needs reforms.
Well, what I agree is that we needed to secure a border. What I believe is that what we're dealing with right now is the enormous mess created by President Biden and Democrats who opened up our border, allowed millions of people to flood in this country, where ICE is doing enforcement actions, just like they've always done under the Obama administration and the Biden administration, where they're doing these enforcement actions and local police are cooperating. There's no violence. There's no problem. We're just enforcing the law. The problem in Minneapolis is we have a governor and a mayor who are resisting.
You don't think that ICE needs any reforms then? There should be no changes on the federal government side when it comes to immigration agents.
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