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Immigration funding impasse

CQ Budget, Episode No. 377

Senate Appropriations ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington supported the Homeland Security bill until the fatal shooting by a Border Patrol agent last week.
Senate Appropriations ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington supported the Homeland Security bill until the fatal shooting by a Border Patrol agent last week. (Tom Williams/ CQ Roll Call file photo)
By Aidan Quigley, Jacob Fulton and David Lerman
Posted January 27, 2026 at 2:31pm

A glide path for a final fiscal 2026 spending package suddenly evaporated after the second fatal shooting of a Minneapolis citizen in an immigration crackdown. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Jacob Fulton and David Lerman assess the chances for finding an escape route from another partial government shutdown.

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