US Congress impasse over migrant crackdown set to trigger partial shutdown

"For weeks, we've been pushing commonsense reforms," Senator Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Republican-controlled chamber, said ahead of a partial shutdown that would go into effect after midnight on Friday night. His party opposes any new funding for DHS until major changes are implemented in the way Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- the powerful agency working to carry out President Donald Trump's migrant crackdown -- conducts its operations. In particular, they demand curtailed roaming patrols...