Senate Republicans Plan Crucial DHS Vote as Divisions Deepen

Senate Republicans aim to break a stalemate on re-opening the Department of Homeland Security by forcing Democrats to vote on a plan that excludes funding for immigration enforcement operations but also doesn’t have the slate of policy changes they’ve demanded.

Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he plans to put on the floor the original, bipartisan-negotiated DHS appropriations bill which included funding for body cameras and agent training, and will remove funding for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

“We’re going to trigger a vote,” Thune told reporters. “They said over the weekend that they didn’t want to fund ERO, ...