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Immigration enforcement’s accountability gap

This funding fight — and possible shutdown — exposes institutional failures that have allowed ICE to skirt standard law-enforcement protocols.

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Halina Bennet
Jan 30, 2026
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a news briefing on January 28. (Photo by Alex Wong)

The Senate is currently voting on a deal struck Thursday that separates Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) funding from five other spending bills and gives lawmakers two weeks to negotiate a new deal on immigration enforcement.

If this vote passes bot…

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