The top two congressional Democrats laid out a list of demands to curb the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement posture, an opening bid as lawmakers seek to reach a funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security.

Congress is discussing potential new rules for ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection after officers shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters in January.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the end of the partial government shutdown as Democrats call for “common sense” reforms to ICE and Border Patrol while tensions simmer in Minneapolis following the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and counterpart Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) released 10 policy demands to "rein in ICE" in a letter Wednesday to Republican leadership amid a standoff over DHS funding.

House Republicans barely passed a funding package on Tuesday, voting after more than a day of wrangling to approve

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across the country.

Democrats are expected to provide the necessary votes to reopen the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two weeks, multiple senior lawmakers tell Axios. Why it matters: That is sure to infuriate progressives and grassroots groups who have demanded the lawmakers keep the agency shut down as leverage to force drastic changes at ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

Democratic leaders say they want ICE agents to take off masks, put on body cameras and obtain judicial warrants for more enforcement actions.