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Homeland Security spending spat

CQ Budget, Episode No. 379

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are demanding an overhaul of immigration enforcement as the price for Homeland Security funding.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are demanding an overhaul of immigration enforcement as the price for Homeland Security funding. (Bill Clark/ CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers are staring down a Friday deadline for Homeland Security funding, with little hope to avoid a partial shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Chris Johnson and Valerie Yurk examine the Democrats’ demands for changes to immigration enforcement policies and the limited potential areas for compromise.

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