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WASHINGTON — New York’s finest in blue could use some green from the feds. Empire State law enforcement agencies have been waiting five months for $86 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security that helps thwart terror attacks.
A day after Republicans offered to remove money for ICE enforcement from a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Democrats insisted that the deal must include curbs on federal agents.
The collapse of the deal leaves Congress, now on a two-week spring break, with no easy way out of the impasse that has put DHS into a shutdown since mid-February.
New York Republicans erupted at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Thursday for refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security — following the murders of an 83-year-old veteran and 18-year-old college student by illegal immigrants.
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'No Kings' protests in NYC, Congress stalls on DHS funding bill
Thousands of "No Kings" protesters took to the streets of New York City Saturday, part of thousands more demonstrations nationwide, criticizing the Trump administration. Plus, despite the House passing a bill that would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security,
A day after President Trump said he did not want a compromise, Senate Republicans sent Democrats a plan that would break off ICE enforcement funding and reopen the rest of the department.