LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation funding for the Department of Homeland Security, holding firm in their demands for reforms to the conduct of federal immigration agents following the death of two American citizens in Minnesota last month. And he dismissed an offer this week from the White House for some changes to immigration policies as unserious and insufficient. A lapse in funding at DHS won’t mean that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol, the two agencies spearheading President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, will shut down, however. The agencies have their own funding stream set up by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill that Republicans passed last year. I’m over it.”But Democrats downplayed the impact of a DHS shutdown in the short term, noting that Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill included $170 billion for ICE and CBP, as well as another $20 billion for other DHS priorities.

Source: Huffington Post February 12, 2026 19:26 UTC