What does it mean to be “reined in and overhauled?” Democrats have a list, which, according to Politico, includes a “prohibition on agents using masks, mandates for body cameras and IDs and a ‘uniform code of conduct and accountability,’ including requiring independent investigations of incidents like Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.”

The problem for Democrats is that these changes need buy-in from Republicans, including additional votes and procedural requirements. It’s not at all clear that Republicans will agree before the deadline. If they don’t, it’s shutdown o’clock.

It’s worth remembering that after last year’s GOP megabill boosted agency funding by nearly $20 billion annually, ICE became the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency. The Republican bill not only boosted agency funding, it also did so with very little oversight, essentially cutting the agency a giant check to spend as it pleased.

That paved the way for the aggressive enforcement tactics on display in blue states and cities all over the country, including Minneapolis, where two American citizens have been killed by immigration enforcement agents this month.

That may sound like an argument for defunding ICE. But don’t get your hopes up. Even Republicans who voted against the boosted funding last year don’t want to go quite that far. “I don’t want to defund ICE,” Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) said, according to The New York Times. “But I’m not sure I want to give them billions and billions more without any kind of signs of, there are going to be some rules of the game.”

Meanwhile, both agents who fired during Alex Pretti’s shooting have been put on leave, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has been moved out of command of the Minneapolis enforcement surge, with President Donald Trump saying he’s a “pretty out there kind of guy.” And border czar Tom Homan has been put in charge of the operation. Trump also said, “We’re going to de-escalate a little bit.”

Yet by the end of Wednesday, Trump had already gone back to feuding with local officials in Minnesota, while White House communications officials blamed Democrats for Pretti’s death. “This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. So much for de-escalation.

$1,000 per kid. Trump also released more details about the plan to give every newborn $1,000. Like the boosted ICE funding, these accounts were also included in last year’s GOP megabill. Every infant is eligible, so long as their parent opens an account. Maybe I should have headlined this newsletter “Ice, ICE, Babies” after all.

The money goes into stocks, which can be accessed when the child becomes an adult. JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have already said they’ll match the deposits, which are being referred to as Trump Accounts. Somehow, rapper Nicki Minaj is involved, so you know it’s all very serious.

Scenes from Washington, D.C. Outside of Metro, which is using fire snakes that are definitely not Dungeons and Dragons spells to heat the tracks, the city’s response to last weekend’s storm has been hilariously—if predictably—inept. Roads in the Dupont Circle area, where Reason‘s office is located, remained covered in ice and muddy slush on Wednesday, days after the storm. On the one hand, D.C. has no idea what to do with snow. But a giant, ugly slush pile suddenly appearing not far from the White House? You’d think this city would have that down.