Republican leaders agree to advance funding deal to end DHS shutdown

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 01, 2026 · 697 words · By Chris Stein

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An end to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may be in sight, after Congress’s Republican leaders on Wednesday agreed to advance legislation that would fund the majority of the agency’s operations, with the exception of those…

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The pact may conclude the longest such funding lapse in US history, which last month caused security lines to stretch for hours at some airports as employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a subagency of DHS, quit their jobs or called…

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Wait times eased earlier this week, after Donald Trump signed an order for TSA employees to receive paychecks.

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Claim 1: “An end to the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may be in sight, after Congress’s Republican leaders on Wednesday agreed to advance legislation that would fund the majority of the agency’s operations, with the exception of those involved in immigration enforcement.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Two shutdowns of the U.S. federal government have occurred in 2026, both arising from disputes in Congress about reforms to federal immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican Party, commonly known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is the major conservative and right-wing political party in the United States. It emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with border control, counterterrorism and other aspects…
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Claim 2: “Democrats have objected to funding ICE and other agencies involved in Trump’s mass deportation campaign unless the administration agreed to new rules governing agents’ conduct when making immigration arrests, including a ban on wearing masks and a requirement that they seek judicial warrants before entering residences.”

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Claim 3: “They would also abandon an attempt pushed by House Republicans to fund all of DHS for 60 days, which Senate Democrats vowed to block with a filibuster.”

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Claim 4: “The funding measure set to pass Congress lacks the reforms they demanded.”

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Claim 5: “The outcome represents a mixed bag for Democrats, who held up the annual appropriations bill for the homeland security department in January, after immigration agents killed two US citizens during a highly public crackdown aimed at undocumented immigrants in Minneapolis.”

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Claim 6: “The pact may conclude the longest such funding lapse in US history, which last month caused security lines to stretch for hours at some airports as employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a subagency of DHS, quit their jobs or called out of work after going weeks without pay.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Security theater is the practice of implementing security measures that are considered to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it. The term was originally …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TSA PreCheck (branded as TSA Pre✓) is a trusted traveler program initiated in December 2013 and administered by the United States Transportation Security Administration that allows selected members of…
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Claim 7: “Last week, Graham, whose committee will take a lead role in writing the measure, signaled that it would also include money to pay for the conflict with Iran, as well as elements of the Save America act, which would institute a host of new identification requirements on voters when they register and cast ballots.”

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Claim 8: “In a joint statement, House speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John Thune said they would move to pass a measure, approved by the Senate unanimously last week, which would fund DHS while excluding money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and parts of Customs and Border Protection.”

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Claim 9: “We appreciate that Senator Graham and the Senate budget committee have already initiated the process of developing a budget resolution that will ensure border security and immigration enforcement will be funded for the balance of the Trump administration and insulated from future attempts by the Democrats to defund those agencies,” the Republican leaders said.”

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Claim 10: “Republicans, meanwhile, are set up for weeks of tough negotiations over the reconciliation bill, which, after Obba, would be the second passed since Trump returned to the White House.”

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Claim 11: “Wait times eased earlier this week, after Donald Trump signed an order for TSA employees to receive paychecks.”

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Claim 12: “It remains unclear when the Senate and House of Representatives, which are scheduled to be on recess through this week and the next, can pass the DHS funding bill.”

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Claim 13: “Johnson and Thune said they hoped to resolve the matter “in the coming days”, a sign that they may try to pass it during the brief ceremonial sessions that the chambers hold during congressional recesses. Both the House and Senate have their next ones scheduled on Thursday morning.”

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Claim 14: “Their demand for reforms prompted the DHS to partially shut down in mid-February, but ICE and other agencies continued to carry out arrests and deportations using funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Obba), and the funding measure set to pass Congress lacks the reforms they demanded.”

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Claim 15: “To get around their objections, Thune and Johnson endorsed a plan from Senate budget committee chair Lindsey Graham to write a measure funding ICE that could be passed with Republican votes alone, using the budget reconciliation procedure.”

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