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Jeanine Herbst (0:15)
See Terms Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst.
NPR News Reporter (0:21)
It's the second day of a partial.
Jeanine Herbst (0:23)
Shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security after Democrats demanded changes for immigration agents, including not wearing ma, not racially profiling people and requiring them to identify themselves. This in order to extend funding. But Congress left without a deal and it's now on a one week recess. This after immigration agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month. White House border czar Tom Holman rejects the lawmakers demands.
Tom Holman (0:52)
I'll let the White House and members of Congress, you know, fight that out. But I think some of the asks are just, I think they're unreasonable because there is no racial profiling. There is a identifying marks, but masks. You know, why don't they talk about maybe passing legislation to make it illegal to dox agents or something like that. But the masks right now are for officer safety reasons.
Jeanine Herbst (1:15)
Speaking there on CBS's Face the Nation, Holman says more than 1,000 agents have left Minnesota and more will leave soon.
NPR News Reporter (1:23)
Democratic leaders say the party is ready.
Jeanine Herbst (1:26)
To spend millions of dollars on a ballot measure in Virginia, allowing Democrats to redraw the state's congressional map. Imperious Ashley Lopez reports it's an effort to offset President Trump's plans to tilt maps in the GOP's favor for the midterms.
Ashley Lopez (1:41)
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Democrats can put a ballot measure before voters that would pave the way for the party to draw as many as four more seats that would favor them this year. In an interview with cnn, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the party will fight hard to make sure that measure passes.
Hakeem Jeffries (1:57)
We will spend tens of millions of dollars to make sure that the Republicans do not successfully manipulate voters in Virginia and that voters have all of the information necessary to make a decision.