DHS shutdown begins as funding expires without a deal in Congress
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Washington — A partial government shutdown centered on the Department of Homeland Security began Saturday amid a stalemate over the Trump administration's controversial immigration enforcement policies. Nikole Killion contributed to this report.
Washington — A partial government shutdown centered on the Department of Homeland Security began Saturday amid a stalemate over the Trump administration's controversial immigration enforcement policies.
It's the second time in as many weeks that funding has lapsed for part of the government as Democrats and the White House remain at odds on restraints for federal immigration agents. DHS oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, whose conduct has been increasingly scrutinized since federal agents fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
Though the impasse has revolved around immigration enforcement, the shutdown will impact other agencies under DHS' umbrella, including the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Republicans have noted that ICE and CBP received an infusion of $140 billion in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enough to carry them through the rest of President Trump's term.
Disagreements over DHS funding led to a four-day partial shutdown that ended earlier this month with an agreement to fund most of the government, except DHS, through September. Funding for DHS, which employs more than 260,000 people, was instead extended at current levels for two weeks, expiring Friday.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats stood firm in opposing legislation to fund DHS through September without additional reforms to ICE and CBP. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans in favor of advancing the legislation. Democrats also blocked an effort to extend DHS funding for another two weeks while negotiations continue.
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