Dems Use DHS Funding as Leverage to Reform ICE

With a DHS funding deadline looming, Democrats are using their leverage to attach ICE reforms to DHS funding, hoping to secure guardrails like body cameras and de-escalation training while protests over an ICE-involved Minneapolis shooting boost pressure; Republicans may favor continuing resolutions that keep ICE funding and oversight unchanged. The main options are a yearlong DHS funding bill with modest ICE reforms, a continuing resolution, or not funding DHS—none guaranteeing sweeping changes, though a yearlong bill offers Democrats their best chance to force limits on ICE.