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Dem leaders share list of 10 demands for ICE reforms with GOP

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Democratic leaders in Congress shared a list of 10 demands for reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, insisting they be added to the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., put forward the following demands in a letter to Republican leadership, arguing ICE has «has terrorized communities across the country.»
Targeted enforcement
Democrats say DHS officers must not «enter private property without a judicial warrant.»
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., released a list of 10 demands for a DHS funding bill on Wednesday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
«End indiscriminate arrests and improve warrant procedures and standards. Require verification that a person is not a U.S. citizen before holding them in immigration detention,» Jeffries and Schumer wrote.
No masks
«Prohibit ICE and immigration enforcement agents from wearing face coverings,» the pair demanded.
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Require ID
Schumer and Jeffries say ICE agents should constantly display their agency, unique ID number and their last name during immigration operations. They should also «verbalize» their ID number and name if asked during an operation, the pair argue.

The GSA removed a Minnesota Hampton Inn from all federal lodging programs after the hotel refused to accommodate ICE and immigration agents.
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Protect sensitive locations
Jeffries and Schumer argue that federal funding should not be used to conduct immigration operations near «sensitive locations,» which they define as «medical facilities, schools, child-care facilities, churches, polling places, courts» and others.
Stop racial profiling
Top Democrats argue that DHS officers have been «conducting stops, questioning and searches based on an individual’s presence at certain locations, their job, their spoken language and accent or their race and ethnicity.»
They say that must stop, and that decisions should be based on prior evidence.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 4 that there have been more than 4,000 arrests of illegal aliens in Minnesota under operation Metro Surge. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Uphold use of force standards
Democrats say ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection must operate under a more robust use of force policy, involving expanded training and certification for federal agents.
«In the case of an incident, the officer must be removed from the field until an investigation is conducted,» the pair argued.
Ensure state and local coordination and oversight
«Preserve the ability of State and local jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute potential crimes and use of excessive force incidents,» the pair wrote. «Require that evidence is preserved and shared with jurisdictions. Require the consent of States and localities to conduct large-scale operations outside of targeted immigration enforcement.»
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Build safeguards into the system
Schumer and Jeffries demanded that federal detention facilities «must abide by the same basic detention standards that require immediate access to a person’s attorney to prevent citizen arrests or detention.»
«Allow states to sue DHS for violations of all requirements. Prohibit limitations on Member visits to ICE facilities regardless of how those facilities are funded,» they wrote.

An person is detained by federal agents on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Ryan Murphy/AP)
Body cameras for accountability, not tracking
The Democrats argue that federal agents must wear body cameras when interacting with the public.
They also say federal police should «prohibit tracking, creating or maintaining databases of individuals participating in First Amendment activities.»
No paramilitary police
«Regulate and standardize the type of uniforms and equipment DHS officers carry during enforcement operations to bring them in line with civil enforcement,» Schumer and Jeffries wrote.
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Hakeem Jeffries escalated rhetoric against Kristi Noem during a press conference Thursday, arguing the DHS Secretary should be «put on ice permanently.» (Getty Images)
«Furthermore, there are steps that the Trump administration has the power to take right now to show good faith, including fully ramping down the surge in Minnesota and removing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from her position,» the pair wrote.
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«These are common sense solutions that protect constitutional rights and ensure responsible law enforcement,» they said.
White House border czar Tom Homan already announced a drawdown of 700 federal agents from the Twin Cities on Wednesday. Noem also ordered federal agents in Minnesota to start wearing body cameras.
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Sweeping bill to crush sanctuary cities, protect ICE agents unveiled in Senate

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FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican wants to kneecap sanctuary cities and provide more stringent protections for federal agents in a sweeping package designed to push back against disruptions to the Trump administration’s immigration operations.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plans to introduce his Protect America Act, a colossal legislative package that would punish sanctuary cities, enhance penalties for illegal entry and reentry, boost protections for federal agents, and defund «corrupt» nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or nonprofits.
The goal of the package is to cut into the unrest simmering in cities across the country where the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are operating.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is gearing up to introduce a sweeping immigration package meant to crush sanctuary cities and bolster protections of federal agents. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Schmitt’s legislation comes as anti-ICE protests continue around the country, most notably in Minneapolis, where agitators have clashed with federal agents, resulting in the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.
«This environment demands action,» Schmitt said in a statement. «The Protect America Act is a comprehensive, four-part legislative response designed to address the root causes of disorder, restore lawful enforcement authority, protect federal officers from coordinated interference and violence, and prevent the abuse of nonprofit status to shield or support criminal activity.»
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Agitators using whistles to alert neighborhoods to ICE activity face off with Minneapolis police officers Jan. 24, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
The package would condition federal funding to sanctuary cities based on cooperation with ICE and federal law enforcement. Cities that don’t comply would lose their funding completely.
It would also require that jails and detention centers coordinate with ICE to share the identity, immigration status and release timing for detainees, allow people to sue for civil liabilities if a «removable alien» is knowingly released within a sanctuary city and commits a serious crime, and halt new foreign student visas until jurisdictions comply with federal immigration law.
In a bid to bolster protections for federal agents, the package would close loopholes that allow people to use whistles or other devices to interfere with officers’ communications, impose penalties of up to five years in prison for people who obstruct federal agents’ duties, ensure that the First Amendment protections explicitly state that the «act does not prohibit expressive content or lawful expressive conduct,» and make assaulting a federal agent a federal criminal offense.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii., after the passage of government funding bills at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2026. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Schmitt’s legislation would also strengthen penalties for illegal entry and reentry into the country by ending catch-and-release and mandating detention, make illegal entry a felony, and boost penalties for illegal reentry to include fines and up to two years in prison.
The fourth prong seeks to de-fang NGOs by revoking the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit that promotes, incites, or provides material support for criminal violence.
His legislative package comes as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and congressional Democrats offered their own, competing list of demands meant to rein in DHS and ICE, which they are demanding be considered and codified in exchange for their support of the now-sidelined Homeland Security funding bill.
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Schmitt and Senate Republicans haven’t taken well to many of the proposals from their counterparts, notably requiring ICE agents to get judicial warrants, de-masking federal agents and requiring full identification when in the field.
«My view is we’re not doing any of this stuff until, unless, we end sanctuary city status, because that’s what’s causing all of this, is the lack of cooperation,» Schmitt said. «It’s the confrontations that are being created, and why you don’t see this in blue or red jurisdictions that aren’t sanctuary status. So this solution is very obvious. I think there’s a political grandstanding on their part.»
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La advertencia del presidente de Cuba en medio del desabastecimiento de combustible: «Vamos a vivir tiempos difíciles»

El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, advirtió que su país atraviesa un “desabastecimiento agudo de combustible” y denunció una “campaña de calumnia, odio y guerra psicológica” ante la presión de Estados Unidos tras la captura de Nicolás Maduro. Sin embargo, dijo que su gobierno está “dispuesto a un diálogo” con la administración de Donald Trump.
“Cuba está dispuesta a un diálogo con los Estados Unidos, a un diálogo sobre cualquiera de los temas que se quiera debatir o dialogar”, pero “sin presiones” ni “precondicionamientos”, dijo Díaz-Canel en una inusual comparecencia en cadena de radio y televisión.
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Además, dijo que ese diálogo tendrá que darse desde “una posición de iguales, en una posición de respeto a la soberanía, a la independencia, a la autodeterminación” y sin “injerencia en los asuntos internos”.
“No soy idealista, sé que vamos a vivir tiempos difíciles. Estos, en particular, son muy difíciles”, afirmó.
El gobernante cubano habló este jueves en una inusual rueda de prensa transmitida en directo en la isla. No obstante, todas las preguntas fueron formuladas por representantes cubanos de medios nacionales, bajo un estricto control estatal, y algunos de prensa internacional seleccionados y afines como Russia Today y la agencia de noticias china Xinhua.
“Desabastecimiento agudo de combustible”
Díaz-Canel dijo que su gobierno se reunió para preparar un plan de “desabastecimiento agudo de combustible” ante las presiones de EE.UU y la faltante de nafta que afecta a la isla.
Cuba, sometida desde 1962 a un embargo estadounidense, dependía del petróleo de Venezuela. Pero ese país cesó sus envíos tras lo que en Cuba llaman “los sucesos del 3 de enero”. El gobernante admitió que no entra combustible desde diciembre.
El presidente aseguró que el bloqueo petrolero va a tener consecuencias serias en el país, para lo que se están poniendo en marcha una serie de medidas de emergencia que van a “demandar esfuerzos”. “Es asfixiarnos completamente”, agregó.
“Si no resistimos, ¿qué vamos a hacer, nos vamos a rendir?”, se preguntó Díaz-Canel.
Resaltó que el “bloqueo energético” de EE.UU. va a suponer “afectar la transportación de alimentos, la producción de alimentos, el transporte público, el funcionamiento de los hospitales, de instituciones de todo tipo, de las escuelas, la producción de la economía, el turismo…”.
Ante ese escenario, dijo que el Gobierno adoptó una serie de medidas de emergencia que retoma como referencia las “indicaciones” del expresidente Fidel Castro durante el llamado Periodo Especial, por la depresión que supuso para la isla la caída del bloque soviético. Cubanos aguardan cargar nafta en una estación de servicio de Bacuranao, en las afueras de La Habana (Foto: AP/Ramón Espinosa)
Díaz-Canel retomó el concepto de la “opción cero”, el plan de supervivencia planteado en los años 90 ante el escenario de “cero petróleo”. El plan implicaba un racionamiento extremo, autosuficiencia alimentaria, el uso de tracción animal, carbón vegetal para cocinar y transporte no motorizado, entre otras medidas.
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“Están contempladas (alguna de esas medidas), también actualizadas porque hay situaciones diferentes en estas directivas”, indicó.
Además, afirmó: “No hay estado fallido; lo que hay es un estado que ha tenido que enfrentar con mucha resistencia las máximas presiones para asfixiar la economía de la principal potencia del mundo, una potencia que tiene un basamento imperial y un propósito hegemónico de dominación”, dijo sobre la amenaza estadounidense.
Cuba enfrenta una grave crisis
La isla sufre apagones diarios y masivos por la escasez de combustible, además de una grave crisis económica y sanitaria derivada de una epidemia de chikunguña y la falta de todo tipo de productos de primera necesidad. La ONU advirtió que Cuba puede sufrir un “colapso” humanitario si no recibe petróleo.
Díaz-Canel reconoció que la isla paralizó parte de su producción energética por la presión de EE.UU. y que últimamente el país no pudo contar con ninguno de sus parques de generación distribuida (motores), con una potencia instalada total de alrededor 1.300 megavatios (MW)
“Nacimos y vivimos bloqueados y bajo los signos de esa asfixia económica. Siempre hemos tenido carencias, siempre hemos tenido dificultades complejas, siempre hemos tenido que funcionar en medio de vicisitudes y de imposiciones y presiones que no se les impone a nadie en el mundo y menos de una manera tan prolongada”, dijo Díaz Canel sobre el bloqueo.
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Y advirtió: “No soy idealista, sé que vamos a vivir tiempos difíciles. Estos, en particular, son muy difíciles”.
El presidente agregó que, debido a la “persecución energética, financiera”, es preciso que su gobierno y sus aliados hagan “un trabajo muy fuerte, muy creativo, muy inteligente para sortear” las medidas de EE.UU.
Díaz-Canel, que rechazó la “teoría del colapso” de la isla, abogó por una “articulación antifascista” internacional contra el Gobierno de EE.UU. aunque por ahora no dio detalles acerca del plan.
Además, anunció que su país inició un “plan de preparación para la defensa” ante la presión estadounidense, “Es un deber soberano ante una agresión prepararnos para la defensa”, puntualizó.
“Cuba es un país de paz. La doctrina militar de nuestro país es la concepción de la guerra de todo el pueblo y para nada contempla la agresión a otro país: no somos una amenaza para los Estados Unidos”, remarcó.
Miguel Díaz-Canel, cuba
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