Senate Unanimously Passes DHS Funding Bill Excluding ICE and Border Patrol, Moving to End Airport Crisis
The Senate's unanimous bill funds most Department of Homeland Security agencies, aiding TSA workers amid airport disruptions, but excludes Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding.
- Early Friday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, including the Transportation Security Administration, ending a 42-day partial shutdown that disrupted nationwide air travel.
- The partial shutdown, which began on February 14, left thousands of employees without pay, prompting hundreds of TSA officers to resign and causing historically long security lines at major airports.
- Lawmakers excluded Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection from the funding package after Democrats demanded policy reforms, including warrant requirements, which Republicans rejected.
- The legislation heads to the House for a potential Friday vote; if enacted, the measure could render President Donald Trump's executive order to pay TSA agents temporary or unnecessary.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated Republicans may pursue separate funding for the excluded agencies through reconciliation, a strategy facing uncertain success amid the midterm election year.
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Shutdown To Nowhere Heads To The Boxed Canyon Of Dysfunction
By Robert Romano The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been on its back for 42 days, almost 500 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have quit and travelers have been experiencing the longest lines at airports in U.S. history, all to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol from getting funding — when the two agencies were already funded. It started out with Senate Democrats demanding judicia…
Senate Passes Partial DHS Funding Deal to Pay TSA Workers, Leaving ICE Funding Fight Unresolved
The Senate unanimously approved a partial funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security early Friday, a compromise that would restore paychecks for TSA agents and fund most of the department’s operations — but deliberately excludes Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the agencies at the center of the prolonged budget standoff. The bill now heads to the House… Source
The US Senate voted to close a partial closure of the government for 40 days, approving the funding of the Department of Internal Security (DHS) – but without including the Immigration Implementation Agency, ICE, writes BBC.
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