US politics live: immigration crackdown continues with Democrats set to reject ICE funding bill

Operations continue in Minnesota and Somali communities are being targeted in Maine

Democrats set to vote against ICE bill

The Guardian’s Robert Tait reports that that the vast majority of congressional Democrats and their 213-strong House caucus are expected to vote against a bill funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with many expressing anger over the agency’s enforcement efforts in Minnesota, where an agent fatally shot Renee Good, a mother of three, this month.

But some like Rosa DeLauro, a representative from Connecticut and the ranking Democrat on the appropriations committee, are saying that it may be better for the bill to pass rather than run the risk of a renewed government shutdown that could affect other agencies.