https://kathmandupost.com/world/2026/01/26/minneapolis-shootings-put-trump-s-immigration-surge-at-center-of-election-year-fight [Photo: Reuters] Mr Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the US Senate, said his party would vote against funding legislation that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal immigration agency. Congress faces a Jan 30 deadline to fund the government or risk a partial government shutdown. Mr Schumer, in a Jan 25 statement, said Republicans should “join Democrats in overhauling ICE and CBP to protect the public”, referring to US Customs and Border Protection.
Moderate Democrats, who broke with their party during the 2025 government shutdown stand-off and have been cautious about appearing anti-law enforcement, have joined this call. “This is clearly not about keeping Americans safe; it’s brutalising US citizens and law-abiding immigrants,” Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement about the ICE operation. Mr Trump has shown no sign of retreating.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Jan 25, he said the operation was central to his 2024 presidential win and Republicans’ control of Congress. “Tragically, two American citizens have lost their lives as a result of this Democrat-ensued chaos,” he said, pinning blame on his rivals. While Republicans have mostly backed the crackdown, the Jan 24 shooting of a legally armed US citizen raises particular political risks for a party that sees itself as the home of gun rights supporters.
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