00:00In Washington, the clock is ticking on funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
00:07With the February 13th deadline looming, Democrats and Republicans are locked in a standoff over immigration enforcement.
00:14Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries say they won't support a full-year DHS funding bill
00:20unless it includes new guardrails on ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
00:24Their list includes 10 demands, from mandatory body cameras to limits on agents wearing face masks, roaming patrols, and warrantless actions.
00:34Democrats say the push for reforms intensified after two deadly shootings involving federal agents in Minneapolis in January.
00:41Taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, not to brutalize or kill them.
00:51ICE is completely and totally out of control.
00:56Immigration enforcement should be just, it should be fair, and it should be humane.
01:05That is not what is taking place right now.
01:07Jeffries argues DHS enforcement needs dramatic changes, so ICE and other agencies operate like other law enforcement.
01:15Republicans say reforms could be on the table, like training and body cameras.
01:20But they're drawing hard lines on two key Democratic demands, requiring judicial warrants and banning agents from wearing masks.
01:28No secret police.
01:29I find it amazing that the Speaker of the House, which is saying there shouldn't be, they should be allowed to have masks.
01:42This group, which needs to be identified more than any other group, should have a standard much more lenient and hidden than other police forces.
01:54They need identification and no masks except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances.
02:01If there's no deal by February 13th, the consequences extend far beyond immigration enforcement.
02:08A DHS funding lapse would ripple across TSA, FEMA, the Secret Service and the Coast Guard.
02:14ICE, however, may feel less of an immediate impact.
02:17ABC News reports the agency has access to some fiscal year funds, plus a 10-year, $75 billion infusion from the already passed Big Beautiful Bill,
02:27meaning ICE operations would continue even if the rest of DHS goes dark.
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