US EditionA DHS shutdown is coming. Why travelers should brace for impact
About 90% of DHS employees will work without pay during the shutdown, risking disruptions to air travel security and emergency response, officials say.
- At midnight Friday, funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired, prompting the White House to order an orderly shutdown starting Tuesday.
- Senate Democrats blocked funding by demanding immigration-enforcement guardrails after the Minneapolis killings, and a procedural vote failed, leaving a two-week funding patch to expire at midnight Friday.
- More than 90% of DHS's 272,000 employees will keep working, with about 20,000 furloughed and about 44,500 staffers paid through other appropriations plus a $165 billion One Big Beautiful Bill infusion.
- TSA workers will work without pay, potentially causing longer airport security lines, while DHS employees working without pay and agencies like FEMA and the U.S. Coast Guard face strained readiness.
- DHS remains the lone major agency still unfunded for fiscal year 2026 through September 30, and with Congress on recess until Feb. 23, a quick fix is unlikely, the White House said.
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Airport delays possible with partial government shutdown over Homeland Security funding
A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. Travelers with airline reservations may be nervously recalling a 43-day government shutdown that led to historic flight cancellations and long delays last year.
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