Rivas, Limón and other lawmakers addressed reporters Monday from a lectern decorated with a graphic of California’s bear mascot with its head thrown back in a roar and the message “ICE out now,” as state leaders continued to escalate their war of words with the federal government.

Congress is careening toward the second government shutdown in four months due to disagreements over federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The shutdown Washington is preparing for this weekend has several key differences from the government funding battle last fall.

New York's Democratic U.S. senators and most of its Democratic House members are opposing further funding for immigration enforcement without reforms.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Senate Republicans on Sunday to move a government funding package without funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.

During her remarks in a virtual town hall today, Representative Jasmine Crockett pulled back the curtain on the GOP's failed leadership. Crockett stated, "We're looking at yet another government shutdown.

Senate Democrats and Republicans are weighing how to move forward on funding the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies after another deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis,

Senate Republicans are scrambling to save a funding package that needs to pass by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown, but they are meeting strong resistance from Democrats who are furious over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics in Minneapolis.

The likelihood of another government shutdown has increased in the wake of this weekend’s second fatal shooting by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis. Government funding runs out on Friday,