Federal Budget & Shutdown

Democrats in both chambers have united behind a demand for statutory ICE and DHS reforms — including judicial‑warrant rules, visible identification, bans on masks, mandatory body cameras, anti‑racial‑profiling and tighter use‑of‑force limits — and have rejected the White House’s written counterproposal as “incomplete and insufficient,” making them averse to another short‑term DHS funding patch and pushing a partial DHS shutdown over the Friday deadline. The White House and allies defended masked ICE officers, with border czar Tom Homan citing DHS figures reportedly showing a 1,500% spike in assaults (and an 8,000% rise in violent threats) on agents, statistics DHS has not fully contextualized, while ICE and CBP say they can continue operations on prior multi‑year funding even as TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard and other DHS components face pay and furlough disruptions.