{"id":8634,"date":"2026-02-04T16:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/top-dems-in-congress-list-ice-constraints-they-want-in-funding-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:52:55","slug":"top-dems-in-congress-list-ice-constraints-they-want-in-funding-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/top-dems-in-congress-list-ice-constraints-they-want-in-funding-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Dems in Congress list ICE constraints they want in funding bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/neri-ice-1726-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A demonstrator waves a red cloth as hundreds gather after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good through her car window Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 near Portland Avenue South and East 34th Street in Minneapolis. (Photo by Nicole Neri\/Minnesota Reformer)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A demonstrator waves a red cloth as hundreds gather after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good through her car window Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 near Portland Avenue South and East 34th Street in Minneapolis. (Photo by Nicole Neri\/Minnesota Reformer)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The top two Democrats in Congress on Wednesday outlined their proposal for restrictions on immigration enforcement, including body cameras and a ban on masks, though they had no details to share about when actual negotiations would begin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lawmakers from both political parties have less than two weeks to find a solution before the stopgap law funding the Department of Homeland Security expires Feb. 13, which could force all of its components, including the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency, into a shutdown. However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement still has access to $75 billion in funding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/how-megabill-allows-trump-expand-mass-deportations-curb-immigrant-benefits\" target=\"_blank\">included<\/a> in the massive tax cuts and spending package signed into law last year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said the offer that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were sending to Republicans was the result of \u201ca very productive discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDramatic changes are necessary at the Department of Homeland Security with respect to its enforcement activities so that ICE and other agencies are conducting themselves like every other law enforcement agency in the country, not in so many instances in a rogue or lawless manner,\u201d Jeffries said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Democrats will insist that federal immigration agents:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Wear body cameras <\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Only wear masks to conceal their identities in \u201cextraordinary and unusual circumstances\u201d <\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Do not undertake roving patrols<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Do not detain people in certain locations, like houses of worship, schools, or polling places<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Do not engage in racial profiling <\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Do not detain or deport American citizens\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jeffries said that judicial, as opposed to administrative, warrants should be required \u201cbefore everyday Americans are ripped out of their homes or snatched out of cars violently.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Fourth Amendment is not an inconvenience, it\u2019s a requirement embedded in our Constitution that everyone should follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">amendment<\/a> states the government shall not violate the \u201cright of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures\u201d and that warrants can only be issued with probable cause.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Administrative warrants are not signed by a judge, but approved by ICE officers themselves. Under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/8\/1257\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. immigration law,<\/a> ICE also has some authority to conduct warrantless arrests if an immigration officer comes across a person suspected to be in the country unlawfully and believes that person will escape before a warrant can be obtained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Accountability measures<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Democrats will also press Republicans to agree to what Schumer described as \u201creal accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s got to be outside, independent oversight by state and local governments, by individuals,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s got to be a right to sue, there\u2019s got to be a right to go to court and stop this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Schumer criticized Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for saying that immigration agents should be able to wear masks, referring to them as \u201csecret police\u201d who need \u201cto be identified more than any other group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI would bet when Speaker Johnson goes down to Louisiana, the sheriffs and the police deputies are well identified, as they are in almost every city,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When pressed about Johnson saying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/trump-signs-funding-bill-setting-immigration-enforcement-debate\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans wouldn\u2019t agree<\/a> to require judicial warrants, Jeffries said the speaker had \u201carticulated unreasonable positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s actually supporting the notion that masked and lawless ICE agents should be deployed in communities throughout America,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cMike Johnson called the Fourth Amendment an inconvenience. It\u2019s not an inconvenience. It\u2019s part of the fabric and DNA of our country, just like the First Amendment, yes even the Second Amendment, the 10th Amendment, the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019re standing up for all of these constitutional privileges that have been part of who we are since the very beginning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Negotiation timeline<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Schumer said during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/news-conference\/house-and-senate-democratic-leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-hold-news-conference\/672887\" target=\"_blank\">the press conference<\/a> that Democrats from the House and Senate were prepared to begin negotiations with Republicans, but would insist on changes \u201cto rein in ICE in very serious ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf they\u2019re not serious and they don\u2019t put in real reform, they shouldn\u2019t expect our votes, plain and simple,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Schumer appeared somewhat skeptical that Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt, whom Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., put forward as their top negotiator, was truly empowered to cut a deal on behalf of every GOP senator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Britt,\u00a0chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, told reporters Wednesday that she expects lawmakers will need to approve another stopgap spending bill for the department, signaling she doesn\u2019t expect a deal within the next two weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe need a little more time, so hopefully (Democrats) see the good effort that we\u2019ve made \u2026 and we\u2019ll have another CR,\u201d she said, referring to the technical name for a short-term funding bill, a continuing resolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Britt did not say how long that temporary funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security would last.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Any spending bill, whether short or long, will need Democratic support to move through procedural votes in the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Congress has approved 11 of the 12 annual funding bills, so DHS would be the only part of the federal government to shut down if lawmakers cannot approve its full-year bill or another stopgap measure before its funding expires.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A demonstrator waves a red cloth as hundreds gather after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good through her car window Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 near Portland Avenue South and East 34th Street in Minneapolis. 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