US EditionHomeland Security Officials Voice Concerns About Looming Shutdown
Officials warned that a funding lapse would affect TSA payroll, delay cybersecurity and disaster training, and strain FEMA's resources during emergencies, with 90% of DHS staff working unpaid.
- On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security officials testified before a House panel that a looming funding lapse threatens core services, with Congress having passed only a short-term patch through Friday.
- Amid demands for immigration changes after the Minneapolis killings, Democrats pressed for enforcement reforms while Republicans emphasized a shutdown would not curtail certain agency work.
- TSA official estimated about 95% of their 61,000 workers would continue working but potentially without pay, risking absences and longer airport lines, as a shutdown looms.
- Gregg Phillips warned that a lapse would disrupt reimbursements to states, strain FEMA’s disaster relief fund, and disrupt first-responder training at the National Disaster & Emergency Management University in Maryland.
- Madhu Gottumukkala warned a shutdown would degrade cyber guidance because threats do not stop, while ICE received about $75 billion last year, officials said.
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Here’s how a shutdown will affect DHS agencies
The federal government appears to be barreling toward yet another partial shutdown this week, as Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded before its two-week stopgap funding measure expires on Friday. Senate Democrats say negotiations with the White House over changes to Immigration and Customs…
Exclusive: Shutdown odds spike amid Department of Homeland Security funding standoff
The Senate will vote on keeping the Department of Homeland Security funded past Friday, but unless something drastic changes, the government looks to be headed into another partial shutdown. One Democratic senator told Semafor that Republicans currently “don’t have anywhere near the votes” to pass a short-term funding bill as negotiations on immigration enforcement changes stall. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he was “cautiously pessimistic.” De…
Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds • Washington State Standard
At a congressional hearing on Feb. 11, 2026, lawmakers were told a funding lapse has lasting challenges for the Coast Guard workforce, its operational readiness and its long-term capabilities. In this photo, Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Tate, an aviation maintenance technician at Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, hooks up a net full of beach debris and trash to the bottom of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter near Neah Bay, Washington, on Jan. 22, 20…
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