Trump signs bill to end shutdown but another budget cliff looms over ICE funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said as he signed the budget in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon.DHS funding is the most fraught component of the package - lawmakers, even within each of the parties, do not agree on the best way to move forward.The DHS encompasses multiple subsidiary agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Coast Guard and Secret Service.Democrats want changes to DHS immigration enforcement operations, including requirements that agents record on body cameras and not wear masks to conceal their faces.They have also demanded changes in funding to DHS in light of the fatal shootings in Minneapolis of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and have advocated for changes to protocol.Both chambers of the US Congress – the House and Senate – must vote to approve legislation before it can be signed into law by the president.Senators had agreed to a package of five spending bills, but stripped out a sixth bill funding DHS.The Senate instead approved enough money to keep DHS running for two weeks while lawmakers work out disputes over its long-term budget.That is the same agreement the House passed on Tuesday.Senate Majority Leader John Thune had said he was concerned about the two-week timing in part because members of the Republican conference remain in "very different places"."Once we start, we have a very short timeframe in which to do this, which I lobbied against, but the Democrats insisted on a two-week window," Thune said.
48% : Democrats are demanding restrictions on federal law enforcement, particularly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency within DHS.DHS funding is due to lapse on 13 February without a new agreement.

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