Schumer: Democrats will block funding unless $64.4bn for homeland security removed

January 25, 2026

Announcement comes as anger toward DHS – which oversees ICE – intensifies after Alex Pretti fatally shot

In the wake of another fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota by a federal officer, the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, said Saturday evening that his party will block a funding package next week unless $64.4bn for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is removed.

The announcement, which dramatically escalates the potential for another government shutdown, comes as anger toward DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intensifies among the party after a group of federal agents violently restrained and then fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Saturday morning.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony

Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the groundTwo witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in […]

January 25, 2026