Chuck Schumer lays out ICE demands to avoid government shutdown

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Senate Democrats unveiled official policy demands to restrict President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda on Wednesday that they say Congress must address before approving a federal funding bill.

The “legislative objectives,” as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) described them, mark a starting negotiation position from Democrats ahead of a Friday night funding deadline that is on pace to result in a partial government shutdown.

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