🇺🇸WASHINGTON D.C. (26/01/2026) – Just four days before the deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the American Congress is experiencing a critical impasse. Senate Democrats are blocking the budget package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), conditioning any new funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on drastic conduct reforms.
The spark of the crisis was the death of Renee Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month. The incident provoked national outrage and led Democratic leaders to demand immediate "guardrails," such as mandatory body cameras and court warrants for agency operations.
The House, controlled by Republicans, has already approved a bill that maintains funding for ICE focused on border security, ignoring calls for reform. However, Democrats in the Senate, necessary to pass the final law, refuse to move forward. They argue that ICE already has $75 billion in previously approved supplemental funds and that cutting new appropriations now is a necessary measure to force accountability for Good's death, without paralyzing essential operations.
Without an agreement by midnight on Friday (30), crucial parts of the federal government will run out of funding.
