{"id":2569383,"date":"2026-02-12T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-set-for-shutdown-after-senate-democrats-reject-funding-over-ice\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:41:13","slug":"dhs-set-for-shutdown-after-senate-democrats-reject-funding-over-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-set-for-shutdown-after-senate-democrats-reject-funding-over-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS set for shutdown after Senate Democrats reject funding over ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-set-for-shutdown-after-senate-democrats-reject-funding-over-ice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that the Senate did not advance a House-passed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, effectively risking a government shutdown as DHS funding would lapse.Lawmakers foresee a prolonged shutdown without a deal, as Democrats insist on policy changes too restrict President Trump\u2019s deportation operations and immigration enforcement, while Republicans urge sticking with the current funding and policy framework. The vote failed 52-47, with 60 votes needed; Senator John Fetterman was the lone Democratic \u201cyes.\u201d Senate leaders warned that the status quo would not satisfy either side, and Democrats see the DHS impasse as leverage to push immigration provisions such as unmasking federal agents, requiring warrants for deportations, and use-of-force rules akin to those for local police. If no agreement is reached, whose funding through September would leave agencies like the Transportation security Governance, FEMA, and the Coast guard operating under current levels or partially shut down. The piece also notes Democratic resistance to the White House\u2019s minnesota deportation efforts and frames the standoff as a political battle ahead of upcoming elections, with public sentiment cited as a factor in the negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS on brink of prolonged shutdown after Senate Democrats block funding over ICE<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2495053\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Senate failed to advance a House-passed spending measure Thursday for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dhs\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, all but ensuring funding will lapse on Saturday and cause a partial <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are bracing for a prolonged shuttering of the department that oversees <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> without a deal on Democratic demands to restrict President Donald Trump&rsquo;s deportation operations and Congress&rsquo;s recess next week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4456466\/nicki-minaj-calls-on-barbz-tell-senators-pass-save-act\/\">Nicki Minaj calls on &#8216;Barbz&#8217; to tell their senators to pass the SAVE Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4456302\/jacob-frey-bucks-senate-homeland-security-oversight-to-meet-mamdani\/\">Frey bucks Senate Homeland Security oversight hearing for meeting with Mamdani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4456034\/josh-hawley-minnesota-attorney-general-keith-ellison-indicted-fraud-reports\/\">Hawley calls on Minnesota attorney general to be indicted over fraud reports: &#8216;You ought to be in jail&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-is-low-on-friends-in-florida-im-not-one-of-them\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz lacks support in Florida: &#039;I&#039;m not with him.&#039;\">vote requiring support<\/a> from 60 senators failed 52-47, mostly along party lines, in the GOP-controlled chamber. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was the lone Democratic &ldquo;yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not close,&rdquo; Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters on the status of negotiations. &ldquo;If it comes together in the next few days&hellip; [senators] have to be available to come back and vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In earlier remarks on the Senate floor, Thune argued that a DHS shutdown offers Democrats &ldquo;exactly zero changes to the status quo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is it &hellip; that Democrats want? Policy changes or is it a political issue?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Democrats are never going to get their full wish list. That&rsquo;s not the way this works.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security is the only department not yet funded by Congress for the remainder of the fiscal year that runs through September, after Democrats last month forced Republicans to split the DHS from a broader spending agreement so the two sides could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >negotiate immigration enforcement policies<\/a>. Thursday&rsquo;s failed legislation would have funded DHS at current spending levels through September. Affected agencies that will shut down under the DHS beyond those handling deportations include the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&rsquo;s conclusion of its enhanced Minnesota deportations, announced Thursday by White House border czar Tom Homan, failed to move the needle for Democrats as they stood firm on demands that policy changes be etched into law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Without legislation, what Tom Homan says today could be reversed tomorrow on a whim from Donald Trump,&rdquo; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said. &ldquo;Without legislation, Donald Trump could choose to put a rogue force in any city they want and have them operate without any guardrails.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives for a classified briefing on Jan. 5, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite implications of shuttering a department with sweeping national security duties, neither side faces imminent pressure to reach a compromise on ICE provisions that Democrats want, such as unmasking federal agents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-demands-for-ice-would-decimate-trumps-deportation-agenda\/\" title=\"How ...&#039; demands for ... would decimate Trump&#039;s deportation agenda\">requiring judicial warrants<\/a> for deportations, and use-of-force rules mirroring those for local police.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4455878\/homan-trump-approved-wrapping-ice-cbp-operation-minnesota\/\">HOMAN: TRUMP APPROVED WRAPPING UP ICE AND CBP OPERATION IN MINNESOTA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s deportation agenda, including ICE, will still be funded from the president&rsquo;s mega tax law passed by Republicans last year. Democrats see withholding additional funds as their only leverage in the minority to force the administration&rsquo;s hands and view their position as bolstered by public sentiment ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The status quo cannot continue,&rdquo; Schumer said. &ldquo;We hear it from people back home and all over the country. People are angry, they&rsquo;re afraid, they want accountability, and an end to the chaos.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dems block DHS funding; shutdown looming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2569384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/120A4403_3fb5d9-e1770915751119.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7492,6513,8364,3740,5123],"class_list":["post-2569383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dhs","tag-funding","tag-ice","tag-senate","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/120A4403_3fb5d9-e1770915751119.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569387,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569383\/revisions\/2569387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}