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Immigration fuels tensions as Congress faces shutdown threat

Season 2026 Episode 24 | 5m 17s

For senators, Wednesday was the first full day back in Washington after the killing of Alex Pretti. It comes ahead of their Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security and some of the government’s other large agencies. They arrived as another lawmaker faced a new threat. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

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