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Trump Did Not Appear To Back Down on His Immigration Crackdown 🔤🔤🔤🔤➖ Top immigration officials are set to testify on Tuesday at a congressional hearing in which they are likely to face sharp questions about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, including its enforcement operations in Minnesota. The heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration Services are expected to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee. The hearing comes more than two months after the Trump administration began a deportation drive in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region that drew criticism for sweeping up people without criminal records and led to the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents. After federal officers killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, on Jan. 24, lawmakers in both parties demanded greater congressional oversight. Democrats also withdrew their support for a spending bill that was needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running. They are now negotiating with the White House over what restrictions, if any, should be placed on immigration enforcement operations. Democrats have said they will not support any more funding for the department unless it imposes new limits and guardrails on federal immigration agents. But the talks appear stalemated. Democrats submitted a proposal on Saturday with their demands, most of which Republicans have already rejected. The White House sent a counterproposal on Monday that Democratic leaders dismissed as lacking substance. “Republicans shared an outline of a counterproposal, which included neither details nor legislative text,” said Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement late Monday night. If Congress does not reach a deal, funding for the department will lapse on Saturday. Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, has suggested he may put forward a stopgap spending measure to keep it running temporarily while talks continue, but Democrats so far seem hesitant to agree to allow one to move. #immigration#officials#trump#administration#minnesota 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸