A partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security took effect early Saturday morning after funding expired at midnight. The rest of the federal government remains funded through September 30.
The shutdown impacts multiple agencies under DHS, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FEMA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Agency, and the Secret Service.
The funding lapse follows days of negotiations between Democrats and the White House as lawmakers press for limits on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts following the deadly shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. House Democrats are demanding clearer identification requirements for ICE and other federal agents, the establishment of a formal code of conduct for the agencies, and greater reliance on judicial warrants in certain operations.
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat to vote in favor of a bill that would have funded DHS. Trump said Democrats have gone crazy, adding that Blue cities are the most dangerous.
“ICE has done a phenomenal job. Border Patrol, we have a closed border for the first time in history. We have to protect law enforcement, our police, our Border Patrol, ICE, and others in law enforcement,” Trump told reporters Friday. “The Democrats have gone crazy. They’re radical left lunatics. That’s why their cities are so unsafe.”
Lawmakers are now out of town for a 10-day break.
