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Newsweek -   Todd Lyons, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, has been hospitalized twice with stress-related issues under the Trump administration, Politico reported Friday. The official had also become so stressed on one occasion that a bodyguard borrowed a defibrillator from a government office in case Lyons needed medical help while on the road.

The Guardian -  The US Senate has passed legislation that will finance most of the Department of Homeland Security but withhold funds from ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection, the office of the Senate Democratic party leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement.  The agreement would fund DHS components such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and US Coast Guard, the statement said. CNN reported that the House of Representatives would still need to act before funded agencies within the department could reopen. The Senate approved the funding package by a voice vote in a rare overnight session. 

New Republic -  Senate Democrats approved a deal early Friday morning that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, ensuring that Transportation Security Administration workers would get their long-awaited paychecks but forfeiting proposed reforms to immigration enforcement.

Senate Democrats and Republicans approved legislation that would fund most DHS agencies except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. The bill would restore funding to TSA, which has been hemorrhaging employees as paycheck after paycheck has gone unpaid, causing severe disruptions at airports across the country.

However, Democrats failed to secure key reforms to immigration enforcement, including banning ICE agents from wearing masks and requiring them to obtain judicial warrants in order to perform searches.  “That ship has sailed, and they kind of kissed that opportunity goodbye,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.