US Congress impasse over migrant crackdown set to trigger partial shutdown

A prolonged impasse between US congressional Republicans and Democrats over immigration enforcement threatens to ensnare the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a partial government shutdown beginning Saturday, following two fatal shootings in Minneapolis. “For weeks, we’ve been pushing commonsense reforms,” Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Republican-controlled chamber, said ahead of a […] The post US Congress impasse over migrant crackdown set to trigger partial shutdown appeared first on Digital Journal.