House GOP Rejects Senate DHS Deal, Extends Shutdown with ICE Funding

Mike Johnson rejected the Senate's unanimous DHS funding deal, calling it a joke.

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The Senate had cleared a version that funded TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard but excluded immigration enforcement.

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The collapse of the deal leaves DHS in shutdown.

The core dispute is over ICE funding.

The Senate excluded ICE and Border Patrol funding.

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ICE funding is roughly seven times the agency's annual budget from existing reconciliation funds.

Trump signed an executive memo to pay TSA employees despite the shutdown.

“Trump signs memo to pay TSA employees as shutdown stalemate drags on The Department of Homeland Security says Transportation Security Administration employees could receive paychecks as soon as Monday, following a memo signed by President Trump”

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DHS Secretary Mullin said TSA workers should begin seeing paychecks as early as Monday.

Protests erupted with more than 3,300 "No Kings" rallies.

The shutdown entered its seventh week.

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