Where government funding talks stand with DHS ahead of Friday deadline
Who benefits from this decision?
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. Senate Democrats tanked that deal, however, after a second U.S. citizen was killed in an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis last month.
Since then, the Senate has been an obstacle to final passage as Democrats dig in on bigger reforms to address the conduct of immigration enforcement officers.
Republicans agreed to punt the question of DHS spending for another two weeks, a timeline Democrats demanded to fund the rest of the federal government. But the new deadline they set, Feb. 13, is about to arrive with both sides still far apart on what a new compromise might entail.
JEFFRIES REJECTS FULL-YEAR DHS FUNDING WITHOUT ICE REFORMS: ‘HARD NO’
Republicans have expressed openness to a legislative solution, but they are bringing their own demands to the table and have rejected some of the Democratic reforms. In particular, a ban on face masks and tighter warrant requirements as nonstarters.
The impasse means there will likely be at least a temporary shutdown for DHS on Saturday, the third for Washington in the past year. ICE will remain funded through money allocated under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but other departments with national security functions will shutter, including the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration.
Little time for a deal
Democrats made their opening offer in funding talks last week, staking out reforms that include new use-of-force standards and a ban on immigration enforcement at sensitive sites such as schools and churches.
But Republicans, who initially wanted six weeks to negotiate DHS spending, have balked at the short window to reach a deal and hope to keep the agency open with another short-term funding patch. Negotiations can now get underway in earnest, as Democrats sent legislative text for their demands to Republicans over the weekend, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
What remains to be seen is whether those negotiations will take place during another government shutdown.
It usually takes Congress at least a full week to send legislation to the president’s desk. And it’s not yet clear if …
Who benefits from this decision?
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. Senate Democrats tanked that deal, however, after a second U.S. citizen was killed in an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis last month.
Since then, the Senate has been an obstacle to final passage as Democrats dig in on bigger reforms to address the conduct of immigration enforcement officers.
Republicans agreed to punt the question of DHS spending for another two weeks, a timeline Democrats demanded to fund the rest of the federal government. But the new deadline they set, Feb. 13, is about to arrive with both sides still far apart on what a new compromise might entail.
JEFFRIES REJECTS FULL-YEAR DHS FUNDING WITHOUT ICE REFORMS: ‘HARD NO’
Republicans have expressed openness to a legislative solution, but they are bringing their own demands to the table and have rejected some of the Democratic reforms. In particular, a ban on face masks and tighter warrant requirements as nonstarters.
The impasse means there will likely be at least a temporary shutdown for DHS on Saturday, the third for Washington in the past year. ICE will remain funded through money allocated under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but other departments with national security functions will shutter, including the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration.
Little time for a deal
Democrats made their opening offer in funding talks last week, staking out reforms that include new use-of-force standards and a ban on immigration enforcement at sensitive sites such as schools and churches.
But Republicans, who initially wanted six weeks to negotiate DHS spending, have balked at the short window to reach a deal and hope to keep the agency open with another short-term funding patch. Negotiations can now get underway in earnest, as Democrats sent legislative text for their demands to Republicans over the weekend, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
What remains to be seen is whether those negotiations will take place during another government shutdown.
It usually takes Congress at least a full week to send legislation to the president’s desk. And it’s not yet clear if …
Where government funding talks stand with DHS ahead of Friday deadline
Who benefits from this decision?
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. Senate Democrats tanked that deal, however, after a second U.S. citizen was killed in an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis last month.
Since then, the Senate has been an obstacle to final passage as Democrats dig in on bigger reforms to address the conduct of immigration enforcement officers.
Republicans agreed to punt the question of DHS spending for another two weeks, a timeline Democrats demanded to fund the rest of the federal government. But the new deadline they set, Feb. 13, is about to arrive with both sides still far apart on what a new compromise might entail.
JEFFRIES REJECTS FULL-YEAR DHS FUNDING WITHOUT ICE REFORMS: ‘HARD NO’
Republicans have expressed openness to a legislative solution, but they are bringing their own demands to the table and have rejected some of the Democratic reforms. In particular, a ban on face masks and tighter warrant requirements as nonstarters.
The impasse means there will likely be at least a temporary shutdown for DHS on Saturday, the third for Washington in the past year. ICE will remain funded through money allocated under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but other departments with national security functions will shutter, including the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration.
Little time for a deal
Democrats made their opening offer in funding talks last week, staking out reforms that include new use-of-force standards and a ban on immigration enforcement at sensitive sites such as schools and churches.
But Republicans, who initially wanted six weeks to negotiate DHS spending, have balked at the short window to reach a deal and hope to keep the agency open with another short-term funding patch. Negotiations can now get underway in earnest, as Democrats sent legislative text for their demands to Republicans over the weekend, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
What remains to be seen is whether those negotiations will take place during another government shutdown.
It usually takes Congress at least a full week to send legislation to the president’s desk. And it’s not yet clear if …
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