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Progressive caucus leader Greg Casar calls for five ‘non-negotiable’ items to be included before Democrats vote yes

After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats list names opposing DHS and ICE funding, creating a high-stakes budget battle in Washington.

A group of around 10 Senate Democrats is coalescing around a list of demands for changes at DHS.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman called for the end of ICE's immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis after the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, but warned that a government shutdown "will not defund" the agency as other senators from the party vow to oppose an upcoming bill to fund DHS.

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His remarks come as video shot by bystanders appears to contradict statements by Trump’s administration

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.

The House has already passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security

Announcement comes as anger toward DHS – which oversees ICE – intensifies after Alex Pretti fatally shot

The Senate won't be back in Washington until at least Tuesday.