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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says his party will not vote to fund the government if Department of Homeland Security funding is included in a spending bill. Cargill, CHS, General Mills, Hormel and Land O’Lakes signed a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce statement calling on federal, state and local officials to deescalate tensions in the state.

President Donald Trump kicks off a series of weekly campaign trips across the U.S. with a visit to Iowa even as the ethanol industry and corn producers are angry about the failure of an E15 provision to move in Congress. In Washington, Trump faces the prospect of another partial government shutdown after a second fatal shooting in Minneapolis involving immigration agents.

Farms, hotels and restaurants will continue to be targets of immigration raids conducted by the Department of Homeland Security, DHS said late Monday, reversing itself only a few days after ag producers thought they had gotten a reprieve.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on immigration enforcement at agricultural operations, following up on remarks he made about the importance of allowing farmers to retain employees.