Ilhan Omar admits Dems are responsible for DHS shutdown
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., admitted during a town hall Tuesday that Democrats were responsible for blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security that led to the ongoing partial shutdown of the government agency.
While speaking at a town hall in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, Omar explained that she and fellow Democrats refused to back a funding bill unless changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were included.
Her remarks came as Congress remained in a standoff over DHS funding...