House Dems Vote To Continue DHS Shutdown As Senate Blocks Funding Again

Despite those concessions, Democratic leadership has held firm, demanding further restrictions on ICE and Customs and Border Protection operations following fallout from Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens were shot and killed by federal agents during anti-ICE demonstrations. That operation has since concluded.

Republicans argue that maintaining a shutdown at DHS — the agency responsible for border security, counterterrorism coordination, cybersecurity, FEMA, and the Coast Guard — is reckless given rising global instability tied to U.S.-Israeli operations targeting Iranian military and leadership assets.

Speaker Mike Johnson said the shutdown creates unnecessary vulnerability.