By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris, CNN

(CNN) — Congress’ most liberal Democrats are pushing for an all-out fight to rein in President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy after this week’s deadly shooting by an ICE officer in Minnesota — even if it means risking another government shutdown.

But those progressives are running into resistance from others in the party who are eager to avoid another huge funding showdown with Trump, leaving Democrats divided in the final weeks before Washington’s January 30 spending deadline.

“I think it should be a red line,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a California Democrat, told CNN when asked if his party should insist on changes to ICE in the funding bill. “I think we should take a hard stand against this funding.”

Another liberal, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, has already begun to press his party leaders on forcing the issue.

“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity. I know we can’t fix everything in the appropriations bill but we should be looking at ways we can put some common-sense limitations on their ability to bring violence to our cities,” Murphy, a top Senate appropriator, told CNN.

Gomez and Murphy are among many enraged liberal Democrats who told CNN they want their party to force the White House to curb ICE’s powers using the upcoming spending battle. That includes dozens of members of the House’s Progressive Caucus and the Hispanic Caucus, who both discussed the issue at meetings earlier Thursday, according to multiple people who were in the meetings. But more moderate members of the party oppose the idea, which they see as unrealistic.

“I think there are other ways to deal with ICE,” Rep. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat who broke with her party to vote to the end the 43-day shutdown in November, told CNN.

Sen. Angus King, a centrist who caucuses with Democrats, said he supports making changes to ICE, but when asked about the push to force a funding showdown over ICE, added: “I never like shutdowns.”

Democratic leaders are, so far, giving no indication they’re willing to take the fight against ICE into the funding talks. Top Democrats seemed wary of another shutdown after the longest shutdown in history last year – which they felt they won politically because it forced Republicans to confront the issue of health care affordability. But they also did not win any legislative concessions on their chief demand: An extension of expiring enhanced Obamacare tax credits.

And an issue like immigration – which the GOP has typically dominated – is much more politically toxic. Many Democrats are uncertain about whether they would win a shutdown fight on that issue, particularly in the thick of a midterm year. Some battleground Democrats still privately resent their progressive colleagues’ “Abolish ICE” battle cry from prior elections, which they believe tarnished the party’s brand among swing voters.

Even if Congress is not pushed into a shutdown over the issue, the deadly shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota by an ICE agent is already scrambling the GOP’s funding strategy. House Republicans had planned to bring a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security to the floor next week as part of a bipartisan package – which would mark a major step forward for both parties after a year of gridlock. But two GOP sources told CNN on Thursday that the Homeland Security funding bill was running into major issues in the wake of the ICE shooting and may need to be pulled from the floor.

When asked if he’ll make immigration policy a red line in the funding fight, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN he was not y

Por Michael Williams, CNN

El tiroteo mortal de una ciudadana estadounidense por parte de un agente del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) en Minneapolis este miércoles podría convertirse en un punto de inflexión en la ofensiva migratoria del presidente Donald Trump en las ciudades estadounidenses.

Renee Nicole Good, de 37 años, recibió disparos mientras estaba sentada en el asiento del conductor de su automóvil. El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) la describió como una “alborotadora” que obstruía e intentaba usar su vehículo contra agentes que hacían cumplir las leyes de inmigración. Sin embargo, tres videos de la escena y revisados por CNN, muestran matices.

La muerte de Good ha provocado indignación entre autoridades estatales y locales, quienes dijeron que un incidente violento como este era precisamente lo que temían cuando la llegada masiva de recursos federales al área metropolitana de Minneapolis-Saint Paul comenzó en diciembre.

En una conferencia de prensa posterior al tiroteo, el gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, dijo que llevaba “semanas advirtiendo” que las operaciones de ICE en su estado representaban una “amenaza para la seguridad pública”. El alcalde de Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, dijo de forma tajante que ICE debía irse de su ciudad.

Esto es lo que se sabe sobre el tiroteo que causó la muerte de Good, lo que lo precedió y sus consecuencias.

El operativo de control migratorio en Minneapolis fue provocado en parte por un video viral de un creador de contenido conservador en el que se describía un supuesto fraude en las guarderías de Minneapolis. Esto se produjo después de que Trump pasara meses expresando su animadversión contra estadounidenses de origen somalí, refiriéndose a ellos como “basura” en discursos xenófobos. Minneapolis alberga la mayor diáspora somalí en Estados Unidos.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, que supervisa a ICE, incrementó el despliegue hasta unos 2.000 agentes de control migratorio en enero, durante una maniobra denominada “Operation Metro Surge”.

La agencia describió el despliegue como “el mayor operativo del DHS de la historia” y afirmó que había dado lugar a la detención de cientos de inmigrantes. “No nos iremos hasta que se resuelva el problema”, afirmó la agencia en una publicación en redes sociales antes del tiroteo.

El operativo en Minneapolis siguió a otras intervenciones en grandes ciudades, en su mayoría gobernadas por demócratas, como Chicago, Los Ángeles, Portland y Washington.

Aunque el DHS sostiene que busca a las personas “más peligrosas”, con condenas por delitos violentos o antecedentes penales, CNN ha informado previamente que la agencia ha detenido a ciudadanos estadounidenses o a personas sin antecedentes criminales y que, con frecuencia, ha usado la fuerza contra quienes protestan su presencia.

La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, dijo en una conferencia de prensa el viernes que “no se opone a enviar más” autoridades migratorias a Minneapolis tras el tiroteo.

Al menos tres videos captaron el tiroteo de Good o sus consecuencias inmediatas.

En un video publicado en internet, se ve a Good dentro de su automóvil, un Honda Pilot granate, que está detenido de forma perpendicular en medio de la calle. Varios vehículos policiales sin identificación se aproximan al auto de Good. Uno pasa frente a su auto y Good saca la mano por la ventana.

Dos agentes bajan de su camioneta y se acercan al lado del conductor del auto de Good. “Salga del auto”, se oye decir repetidamente a los agentes. “Salga del maldito auto”.

El auto de Good comienza a retroceder mientras uno de los

By Don Riddell, CNN

(CNN) — It could easily have been a tennis match that nobody really noticed. Instead, it became instantly viral online.

The first round of the International Tennis Federation’s W35 tournament, played on a clay court in Nairobi, Kenya, wouldn’t normally make much of a splash in the tennis world, but millions of people have now seen what transpired over 37 excruciating minutes in the capital.

The score of the match wasn’t unusual, a 6-0, 6-0 win for Germany’s Lorena Schaedel; what was conspicuous was the performance of her opponent, the 21-year-old Egyptian Hajar Abdelkader, on what seems to have been her professional debut. But as some observers on social media have pointed out, it looked like it may have been the first time she had ever stood on a tennis court.

New details are now emerging about how Abdelkader found herself to be hopelessly out of her depth in a professional tournament and at the mercy of tennis commentators everywhere. In a statement to CNN Sports, Tennis Kenya said that Abdelkader had been admitted to the tournament as a wild card – essentially a tournament invitation that bypasses the need to qualify for the main draw of a tournament or earn a place through the rankings system.

The organization said she submitted a formal request for the wild card and had flown into Nairobi on Tuesday morning. A tournament slot became available when another player withdrew on short notice and opted into the qualifying draw.

“At the time, Ms. Abdelkader was the only other player who had requested a wild card,” the statement explained.

According to the limited details on her ITF player profile, Abdelkader has been playing tennis for seven years, since she was 14, but many found that hard to believe as she resembled a fish out of water on the court. In a highly technical game, you stand out if you barely know how to hold a racket and Abdelkader often struggled to get the ball over the net.

She made 20 double faults, and she only won three points – all of which were gifted errors from her opponent. At times, it seemed as though Abdelkader didn’t even know where to stand for her serve.

The Egyptian Tennis Federation told CNN Sports that Abdelkader isn’t registered with them, nor is she part of their official player lists.

“Based on the information available to us, the player is currently residing in Kenya,” read their statement. “The Egyptian Tennis Federation had no role whatsoever directly or indirectly in the nomination, approval, or issuance of this wildcard, and we were not involved in the player’s entry into the tournament in any capacity.”

The reaction to her performance from commentators online ranged from bemusement to ridicule, with some observers stating that her opportunity would have come at the expense of a genuinely professional player. ITF tournaments are the lowest tier of the professional game – the victorious Schaedel is ranked No. 1,026 in the world – but they are very much professional events, with important ranking points on the line and the tournament champion in Nairobi will bank $25,000.

Tennis Kenya said that the decision to usher Abdelkader into the main draw was “taken on the information provided and in the interest of maintaining a full and balanced draw while supporting the development of tennis in Africa.”

However, they admit that such a farcical match is something they’d prefer to avoid in the future.

“In hindsight,” they said, “Tennis Kenya acknowledges that this wild card should not have been granted given the level. The federation has taken note of this experience and will ensure that such an extremely rare occurrence never happen again. Tennis Kenya remains committed to fairness, transparency and the integrity of the competition, as well as to the

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