WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed President Trump's immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota and blasted Senate Democrats for once again attempting to hold government funding, including for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hostage as the government barrels toward a partial shutdown. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video can be found here (https://youtu.be/V0k3OjCvp9I).

"It's always a tragedy when a human life is ended. I applaud President Trump for taking steps to review this and sending Tom Homan into Minneapolis to try to de-escalate and restore law and order in that state."

"When state and local of...