Schumer lays out Senate Democrats’ plan on reining in ICE through DHS funding bill

Senate Democrats want ICE to end roving immigration enforcement patrols, use judicial warrants and require agents to demask, wear body cameras and carry identification.

Those are among their demands for reining in the Trump administration’s deportation force that Democrats say “routinely operates above the law.”

The dispute is poised to cause a partial government shutdown if not resolved by week’s end.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, met with his caucus on Wednesday to unify the party around a set of guardrails they want to add to the Department of Homeland Security spending bill.

He then held a press conference to lay them out for the public, as well as for Senate Republicans who have complained Democrats have not been clear on what they want.

Democrats are also seeking to require ICE to establish a uniform code of conduct and a process for accountability. They also want to force ICE to coordinate with state and local law enforcement.

“These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” Mr. Schumer said. “If Republicans refuse to support them, they are choosing chaos over order.”