Senate Democrats Vow to Oppose DHS Funding as Shutdown Deadline Looms

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Senate Democrats Vow to Oppose DHS Funding as Shutdown Deadline Looms

A federal agent gestures toward a demonstrator at a rally against increased immigration enforcement in Minneapolis on Jan. 8, 2026. Tim Evans/Reuters

WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are vowing to withhold their support for a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of the Jan. 24 shooting of Alex Pretti by immigration officials, increasing the risk of a partial government shutdown as a Jan. 30 deadline looms.

The fatal shooting of Pretti in Minneapolis by Customs and Border Patrol agents, coming just weeks after the fatal shooting of RenĂ©e Nicole Good in Minneapolis, galvanized Senate Democrats—who had previously been signaling they’d back the compromise measure passed by the House—against backing the DHS funding bill.

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