For the third time since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is navigating a government shutdown fight — and for the second time, he’s leaning in. The New York Democrat is leading his caucus in refusing to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security without reforms aimed at reining in immigration enforcement operations across the United States.
The strategy echoes Schumer’s tactics during the fall’s record-breaking shutdown, when Democrats demanded an extension of enhanced Obamacare tax credits as part of a funding deal. The difference this time? Schumer has a negotiating partner.
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