The killing of Renee Good and the Trump administration's surge of agents to Minnesota has Democrats approaching a topic they previously considered a third rail: not supporting additional dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The House of Representatives and the Senate are currently negotiating spending bills to keep the government running until the end of the fiscal year.
One of the 12 bills funds the Department of Homeland Security, which houses ICE as well as Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Each of the bills needs to clear the 60-vote hurdle known as the filibuster to pass.
And Democrats are considering using spending on ICE as leverage.
"It's obviously natural that Democrats would want to make sure that any money we spend in DHS is being spent lawfully, and right now that department is full of unlawful activity," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee for Homeland Security, told The Independent.
This comes as Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that he would sue the Trump administration for its "unprecedented" crackdown on immigration.
Over the weekend, Rep. Kelly Morrison and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Min.)–along with Rep. Angie Craig –attempted to visit the Whipple Building in Minneapolis to see ICE detainees.
"There needs to be reform at ICE at a minimum, and yes, the funding of ICE has to be put on hold until those reforms are put into place," Morrison told Inside Washington.
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