shutdown
5 briefs
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.