DHS
13 briefs
Congress Is Funding a Deportation Machine That Can't Be Turned Off
DHS got its funding back. ICE and CBP didn't. Now Republicans are routing $140 billion in immigration enforcement through mandatory accounts designed to survive future Congresses and future presidents.
Who Gets to Stay Is Now a Question of Presidential Mood
The Supreme Court is deciding whether the executive branch can revoke Temporary Protected Status for 700,000 people whenever it wants, with no judicial review.
CISA Lost a Third of Its Staff. Cyber Partnerships Are at a Standstill. The Midterms Are Six Months Away.
The agency responsible for protecting US critical infrastructure and election systems has been hollowed out just as the 2026 midterms approach, and the House just passed a funding bill that cuts it further.
House GOP Ends the DHS Shutdown by Cutting ICE Funding. Both Sides Claim Victory.
After 75 days, House Republicans reopened TSA and the Coast Guard -- but passed zero dollars for immigration enforcement to get it done.
The Supreme Court Is Being Asked to Let Trump Deport 700,000 People
The case is officially about legal procedure. It is actually about whether a president can revoke immigration status that Congress created, based on stated reasons the lower courts found unpersuasive.
Day 72: The DHS Shutdown Has Already Won by Continuing
The Senate passed $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol on a 50-48 vote. The House refuses to take it up until after a 'skinny' bill. Markets give 88% odds the shutdown lasts past April. Trump endorsed renaming ICE to NICE.
The Longest Shutdown in History Is Being Ended by the Process That Caused It
Senate Republicans are using budget reconciliation to fund ICE without Democratic votes. Democrats used the shutdown to demand accountability for federal killings. Neither side is wrong, and neither can win.
The SAVE Act Is Not About Noncitizens. It Is About Who Controls the Voter List.
Trump's push to use DHS's SAVE program for election verification is dividing election officials ahead of midterms, and polls show it is popular.
Day 58: Republicans Are Using the Nuclear Option to Fund Immigration Enforcement
The DHS shutdown hit two months. The Senate passed a partial reopening that excludes ICE and CBP. Now Republicans are using budget reconciliation to fund immigration agencies for three years, bypassing the filibuster.
Funding Half a Border Agency
Congress reopened DHS after 40 days but left ICE and Border Patrol unfunded. Now Republicans want reconciliation to finish the job without Democrats. The shutdown is over in name only.
Shutdown Theater
DHS ordered furloughed workers back to their desks during a shutdown, which is either a constitutional violation or proof that 'shutdown' no longer means what it used to.
The DHS Shutdown Ended. The Fight It Was About Did Not.
After 40 days, the Senate reopened most of the Department of Homeland Security but deliberately left ICE and Border Patrol funding unresolved. The compromise is not a settlement. It is a timeout.
Congress Ended the DHS Shutdown by Defunding the Part Trump Actually Wanted
The Senate reopened DHS after 52 days by funding TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard while leaving ICE Enforcement and Border Patrol without appropriations. The administration called it a win. It wasn't.