a Homeland Security Shutdown Affects ICE and TSA
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The set of five appropriations bills fully funds the remainder of federal programs for the fiscal year but temporarily freezes the Department of Homeland Security’s budget while lawmakers hash out reforms.
Congress now has two weeks to negotiate new funding limits for ICE before DHS is shut down again.
Though details of the Trump administration’s proposal for funding the Homeland Security Department remain elusive, Democrats have roundly panned the offer as “unserious” and stuck to demands for major immigration enforcement reform.
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline,
But cutting off the department’s budget will have little immediate effect on ICE, which already has multiyear funding
WASHINGTON — The Senate remained split Thursday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, stalling a bipartisan spending package and threatening another government shutdown as Sens. Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell and fellow Democrats seek to ...
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Activists claim victory as Marin County pulls homeland security funding from new budget
Marin County has removed from its new budget a federal funding source that requires sharing the immigration status of certain people held in county jail. County Executive Derek Johnson announced the decision to cut the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program grant at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.