Why it could take weeks to feel the brunt of a DHS shutdown
Who's accountable for the results?
The Department of Homeland Security’s broad reach means that everything from disaster relief to airport security could be hampered if funding runs out on Saturday, but it might take weeks before the public feels the impact.
The dispute over how to reform the agency, sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last month, centers on immigration enforcement. But swept up in negotiations are several sub-departments responsible for critical national security functions, including the Coast Guard and Secret Service.
The White House is negotiating a set of guardrails that congressional Democrats want to place on the tactics used by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The two sides are still far apart, however, and Democrats are refusing to keep DHS limping along with a temporary funding patch.
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The impasse means that DHS is expected to enter a shutdown on Friday at midnight, forcing the agency to conserve resources and keep only essential personnel working. Still, the administration has access to rainy day funds and time to spare before paychecks go out for thousands of employees.
Immigration enforcement, meanwhile, will continue to operate due to billions of dollars set aside in President Donald Trump’s tax law last year.
Lawmakers left town for a week-long recess on Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked an attempt to pass DHS funding, but they could be called back on short notice should a deal with the White House come together.
Testifying before the House on Wednesday, the leaders of various DHS agencies warned that another shutdown risks eroding trust with the public and an uptick in federal employees quitting, whether the lapse in funding is short or not.
Delayed impact
The political risk of a shutdown is currently low in large part because paychecks don’t go out until mid-March for Transportation Security Administration employees who safeguard the nation’s airports. Canceled flights and long wait times became a major pressure point for lawmakers last fall, when the federal government shuttered for a record 43 days.
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The administration also has contingency funds it has tapped before and could do so again.
Members of the Coast Guard, the only branch of the military that falls under DHS, received a paycheck in October, even without DHS funding. A similar …
Who's accountable for the results?
The Department of Homeland Security’s broad reach means that everything from disaster relief to airport security could be hampered if funding runs out on Saturday, but it might take weeks before the public feels the impact.
The dispute over how to reform the agency, sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last month, centers on immigration enforcement. But swept up in negotiations are several sub-departments responsible for critical national security functions, including the Coast Guard and Secret Service.
The White House is negotiating a set of guardrails that congressional Democrats want to place on the tactics used by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The two sides are still far apart, however, and Democrats are refusing to keep DHS limping along with a temporary funding patch.
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The impasse means that DHS is expected to enter a shutdown on Friday at midnight, forcing the agency to conserve resources and keep only essential personnel working. Still, the administration has access to rainy day funds and time to spare before paychecks go out for thousands of employees.
Immigration enforcement, meanwhile, will continue to operate due to billions of dollars set aside in President Donald Trump’s tax law last year.
Lawmakers left town for a week-long recess on Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked an attempt to pass DHS funding, but they could be called back on short notice should a deal with the White House come together.
Testifying before the House on Wednesday, the leaders of various DHS agencies warned that another shutdown risks eroding trust with the public and an uptick in federal employees quitting, whether the lapse in funding is short or not.
Delayed impact
The political risk of a shutdown is currently low in large part because paychecks don’t go out until mid-March for Transportation Security Administration employees who safeguard the nation’s airports. Canceled flights and long wait times became a major pressure point for lawmakers last fall, when the federal government shuttered for a record 43 days.
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The administration also has contingency funds it has tapped before and could do so again.
Members of the Coast Guard, the only branch of the military that falls under DHS, received a paycheck in October, even without DHS funding. A similar …
Why it could take weeks to feel the brunt of a DHS shutdown
Who's accountable for the results?
The Department of Homeland Security’s broad reach means that everything from disaster relief to airport security could be hampered if funding runs out on Saturday, but it might take weeks before the public feels the impact.
The dispute over how to reform the agency, sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last month, centers on immigration enforcement. But swept up in negotiations are several sub-departments responsible for critical national security functions, including the Coast Guard and Secret Service.
The White House is negotiating a set of guardrails that congressional Democrats want to place on the tactics used by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The two sides are still far apart, however, and Democrats are refusing to keep DHS limping along with a temporary funding patch.
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The impasse means that DHS is expected to enter a shutdown on Friday at midnight, forcing the agency to conserve resources and keep only essential personnel working. Still, the administration has access to rainy day funds and time to spare before paychecks go out for thousands of employees.
Immigration enforcement, meanwhile, will continue to operate due to billions of dollars set aside in President Donald Trump’s tax law last year.
Lawmakers left town for a week-long recess on Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked an attempt to pass DHS funding, but they could be called back on short notice should a deal with the White House come together.
Testifying before the House on Wednesday, the leaders of various DHS agencies warned that another shutdown risks eroding trust with the public and an uptick in federal employees quitting, whether the lapse in funding is short or not.
Delayed impact
The political risk of a shutdown is currently low in large part because paychecks don’t go out until mid-March for Transportation Security Administration employees who safeguard the nation’s airports. Canceled flights and long wait times became a major pressure point for lawmakers last fall, when the federal government shuttered for a record 43 days.
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The administration also has contingency funds it has tapped before and could do so again.
Members of the Coast Guard, the only branch of the military that falls under DHS, received a paycheck in October, even without DHS funding. A similar …
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