Anonymous10 days ago
After a six-week partial government shutdown that left 50,000 TSA workers unpaid and airport security lines stretching past three hours, Senate negotiators are closing in on a deal to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security while excluding ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations—the division responsible for detentions and deportations. The emerging two-track strategy would pass bipartisan DHS funding immediately, then route ICE enforcement money through budget reconciliation requiring only 51 votes, a maneuver that raises constitutional questions about selectively defunding law enforcement while leaving immigration statutes intact.