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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, March 13 (Xinhua) — The U.S. Senate on Thursday again rejected a House-approved funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The agency's work has been suspended for nearly a month due to bipartisan disagreements over immigration enforcement.
Following a procedural vote, 51 legislators supported the document, while 45 voted against. The bill requires 60 votes from senators to pass.
Following the deaths of two US citizens, Renee Goode and Alex Pretty, in January at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, Democrats are pushing for changes to the way immigration enforcement works.
Disagreements over immigration enforcement rules led to a deadlock in Congress as Democrats demanded that DHS funding be removed from the overall funding package, leading to a partial shutdown from January 31 to February 3.
Congress then passed a package to fund several U.S. federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year, but DHS received only a two-week extension of funding at current levels, allowing both parties and the White House to continue negotiations.
Over the past four weeks, bipartisan negotiations on immigration enforcement have made little progress. –0–
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