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House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a request to lie in honor for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the U.S. Capitol, drawing a rebuke from the NAACP and highlighting tensions over civil rights commemorations.
Democrats are linking funding for the Department of Homeland Security (and thus ICE) to new restrictions on federal immigration agents, including barring agents from wearing face masks and requiring a judge’s warrant to enter private property; Republicans have called the proposals a “ridiculous Christmas list” but say they’re open to negotiation as they grid through a funding stalemate over immigration policy.
The House plans to pass a short-term funding package to end the partial government shutdown and buy about 10 days for bipartisan negotiations over immigration enforcement, funding the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 13 while talks proceed.