Nationwide anti-ICE protests expected as border czar orders plans for eventual drawdown in Minnesota
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White House border czar Tom Homan has ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for law enforcement in Minnesota. Follow for live updates
• Anti-ICE protests: Nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown are expected today, with organizers calling for a boycott of school, work, and shopping. • Federal plan: White House border czar Tom Homan has ordered federal immigration authorities to work on a drawdown plan for law enforcement in Minnesota. Increased cooperation between county jail systems and immigration authorities would be key to the drawdown plan, Homan said. • Alex Pretti shooting: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she was using “the best information we had at the time” when making initial statements about Pretti’s killing. Noem described the situation as “chaotic” and noted she was “being relayed information” from agents and officers on the ground. Senate leaders have a bipartisan funding deal in hand, but it remains to be seen whether they will avert a costly government shutdown as the clock ticks down toward Friday’s midnight deadline. Lawmakers left Capitol Hill late Thursday after all rank-and-file senators could not come to agreement to swiftly move the spending package – the contours of which negotiators from both parties and the White House struck earlier in the day. Senators are set to return Friday with an eye toward sending the bills back to the House for final approval, but negotiations can change rapidly. The deal, announced by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hours before, includes a two-week stopgap funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security that Democrats had requested.
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