DHS faces funding deadline. And, courts fast-track Somali asylum seeker hearings

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is surrounded by reporters as he walks from his office to the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 9 in Washington, D.C. Congress is facing a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Congress has until Friday to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. And, several asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly fast-tracked.

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