Overview
- Funding lapsed at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after the Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the DHS bill, recording 52–47, with legislators dispersed for recess or travel.
- Immigration enforcement by ICE and CBP is expected to continue largely uninterrupted due to substantial prior appropriations under last year’s major spending package.
- TSA is maintaining airport screening with roughly 95% of its workforce designated essential and working without pay, and airports reported normal operations early Saturday with delays possible if the lapse continues into March.
- Other DHS components report strain, with the Coast Guard pausing non–national security missions and training, FEMA warning of delayed disaster reimbursements, and CISA citing slowed cybersecurity deployments.
- Democrats seek measures including a ban on masks for agents, mandatory body cameras and visible IDs, and judicial‑warrant standards for certain entries following two Minneapolis killings, while Republicans resist broader limits beyond cameras.