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Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired at the end of the day Friday. Here's what will be affected.
Will there be another government shutdown this weekend, and who is affected? When does it start? Here's the latest shutdown news, updates.
A record 43-day shutdown last fall -- the longest in U.S. history -- heavily disrupted agencies and impacted millions of Americans. A partial government shutdown ensued for several days between the end of January and early February that temporarily affected funding for the Defense, Education, Treasury, Labor and State departments.
Federal agents were assaulted by protesters while arresting accused criminal illegal immigrant in California after local jail refused to honor ICE detainer.
Another government shutdown this week? See odds, predictions as Congress remains at war over a DHS spending bill for ICE, Border Patrol, FEMA, TSA.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is expected to shutter at the end of this week, as congressional Democrats barter with the White House over immigration enforcement. Republican appropriators had a deal to modestly reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would have allocated new money for body cameras and de-escalation training.
Congress faces a deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with potential impacts on airport security and disaster relief if a deal is not reached by Saturday.
Lawmakers left Washington for a week-long recess Thursday, showing no urgency to avert a shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security that will take effect Saturday morning. The overwhelming sense of resignation reflected the reality that neither Republicans nor Democrats saw an obvious path forward to resolving their differences over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and whether to rein it in as part of legislation to fund DHS.