US EditionStruggling DHS agencies plead with Congress for funding security
Agencies say delayed paychecks and unfunded operations are straining 95% of TSA workers and other frontline missions, officials told lawmakers.
- On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee met with Homeland Security agency heads requesting $63 billion in fiscal year 2027 appropriations, even as the department remains shuttered.
- DHS has remained shut down for over 61 days after Senate Democrats refused to restrict ICE and Border Patrol operations; Senate Republicans then passed a bill stripped of immigration enforcement and sent it to the House.
- TSA Acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill reported nearly $1 billion in delayed paychecks, with 95% of the workforce working without pay; "Paying these dedicated employees for the work they perform," she added.
- Rep. Lauren Underwood told ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons that "your agencies are out of control," citing 44 migrant deaths in detention centers since the Trump administration began.
- The Trump administration's budget proposal requests $10 billion for ICE and $18.5 billion for CBP, while officials from those agencies urged lawmakers to reopen DHS as soon as possible.
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Struggling DHS agencies plead with Congress for funding security | The Highland County Press
Department of Homeland Security agencies are requesting a total of $63 billion in fiscal year 2027 appropriations from Congress – even as Congress continues to withhold DHS funding for the current fiscal year.
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Struggling DHS agencies plead with Congress for funding security - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Department of Homeland Security agencies are requesting a total of $63 billion in fiscal year 2027 appropriations from Congress - even as Congress continues to withhold DHS funding for the current fiscal year. The Homeland Security bill is the only fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill to remain unpassed. As of Thursday, DHS has remained shut down for over 61 days, yet U.S. lawmakers are still squabbling over the details of …
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