This is Brian Lair's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Friday, January 30th.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom sitting in for Brian today.

And now we turn to the latest from

Washington, where President Donald Trump and Democrats say they've reached a deal to avert a

partial government shutdown. Earlier this week, Senate Democrats threatened not to vote for a spending

package that would fund the government past midnight tonight, unless Republicans agreed to limit

funding and impose restrictions

on the Department of Homeland Security. This, a direct result of the high-profile killings of

Alex Prattie and Renee Nicole Good, the two American citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis

this month. But Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans to pass five spending bills, as well as a stopgap measure, to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they continue negotiating restrictions on immigration agents. The five spending bills will fund a large portion of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. Joining us now to break down the latest is

Shavon Hughes, a reporter covering Congress in the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau.

Shavon, welcome to WNYC. Great to be with you. And so, Chavon, let's begin with this week's impasse.

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats issued their demands for an overhaul of immigration

enforcement, as you wrote. For those who might have missed the story, what were they asking for?

Well, what Democrats are asking for, and they have not gotten into specifics, is they want to

address the immediate crisis that they saw in Minneapolis. So they want a stop to these roving

patrols where people can essentially be just, you know, arrested, stopped and questioned.

They want tightened rules governing warrants. They want that ICE to coordinate with state and local law enforcement. They want

federal agents to be prohibited from wearing masks and be required to use body cameras. And also,

they want the agents to be subject to the same use of force policies that apply to other police

forces and also to be held accountable for their violations,

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