Efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security are faltering in the U.S. Senate after Democrats said they will block the bill in response to recent immigration enforcement actions, sharply increasing the risk of a partial government shutdown later this week.
According to Reuters, Senate Democratic leaders said over the weekend that they would withhold the votes needed to advance the Homeland Security funding measure unless significant changes are made, citing outrage over the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration agents.
