Democrats And White House Reach Deal To Fund DHS After Minneapolis Protest Deaths

Democrats and the White House reached an agreement on Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while negotiating new restrictions in response to the tightening of immigration controls ordered by President Donald Trump.

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Following the death of two protesters killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, the two sides agreed to separate the funding for homeland security from the rest of the bill and fund DHS for two weeks while debating Democrats' demands to limit the powers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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The dispute had led to the government services being shut down for 43 days, with Republicans refusing to negotiate, and the stalemate threatened to plunge the country into another shutdown, just two months after Democrats blocked a funding bill due to the expiration of federal subsidies for health care.

In the Senate, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two sides were closing in on a deal, while House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Associated Press on Thursday that he had strongly opposed splitting the budget but said, "We cannot afford a government shutdown."

France 24 said the probability of a partial government shutdown rose after the Senate stalled a bipartisan spending deal, with Democratic lawmakers threatening to reject the funding package in retaliation for the deaths of two American citizens at the hands of ICE and Border Patrol agents.

The outlet reported that Democratic senators threatened to reject the $1.3 trillion spending package from the Trump administration if the government did not commit to limiting DHS’s immigration policy, and it said the Senate vote on Thursday closed 45 votes in favor, 55 against, far short of the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster.

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Radio-Canada reported that Schumer called the bipartisan discussions a "moment of truth" and said, "The American people support law enforcement."

Radio-Canada also quoted Schumer saying, "They do not support ICE terrorizing our streets and killing American citizens," as the negotiations centered on requiring ICE agents to remove their masks, activate their body cameras, and wear an identification badge.

France 24 warned that even if the Senate approves the agreement, it would also need the approval of the House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, which was in recess this week, and it said House Speaker Mike Johnson added that he did not have confidence the shutdown could be avoided.

“Democrats and the White House reached an agreement on Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while negotiating new restrictions in response to the tightening of immigration controls ordered by President Donald Trump”

Radio-Canada

The outlet said the looming deadline for approving the funding package intensified fears of a new federal government shutdown after the government had been shut down for 43 days in October 2025, leaving 900,000 federal employees temporarily suspended and more than 700,000 without immediate pay for their work.

France 24 reported that the staffing crisis caused the cancellation of more than 7,000 flights, prompting major U.S. airlines on Thursday to urge Congress to pay air-traffic controllers in case of a partial shutdown.

It also said Tom Homan, the frontier czar deployed by Trump at the center of protests against ICE, told a Minneapolis audience that there is a plan to reduce the number of agents in the state, but conditioned its execution on the cooperation of state authorities.