GOP’s Thune Rejects ‘Unrealistic’ Democratic Asks on ICE Limits
Federal agents detain a protester in Minneapolis on Feb. 3.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune dismissed Democrats’ list of demands to curb the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement posture as political messaging rather than an opening bid in negotiations on a funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security.
The two parties have just eight days to reach an agreement or risk a shutdown at the department at the center of the ongoing immigration crackdown.