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ICE and CBP would keep operating during shutdown, despite DHS funding fight
But a partial government shutdown would likely have little impact on the administration's ongoing immigration enforcement operations, since the relevant DHS agencies received a massive funding infusio...

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Will the government shut down? What MA senators said about DHS funding
Senators explore off-ramps to prevent a shutdown as Democrats lay out DHS reforms
Democrats, White House Strike Spending Deal That Would Avert Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a pa...

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Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown
Trump, Democrats say deal reached to avert shutdown; immigration talks to continue
Democrats, White House narrow in on tentative spending deal that would avert government shutdown
"The American people support law enforcement. They support border security. They do not support ICE terrorizing our streets and killing American citizens," Schumer said.

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Democrats demand ICE reforms to avert govt. shutdown
Democrats, White House reach a spending deal to avert government shutdown

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The claim is inconsistent with bystander videos of the incident, photographs of the scene, and eyewitness accounts.

DHS turns on border chief over $2 million office renovation plan

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2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday.

Alex Pretti's family reacts to video of scuffle 11 days before death

A video has emerged of Alex Pretti in a scuffle with federal agents 11 days before he was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minnesota. CBS News' Ian Lee reports.