Senate Agrees To End Homeland Security Shutdown Minus ICE Funding

After two months of playing a political blame game, the U.S. Senate voted early Friday to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for its ICE and Customs and Borders Protection operations – which is what the Democrats had been suggesting all along.

Senate agrees to end shutdown for most of DHS https://t.co/9zkt0LRko3

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From Politico:

The Senate approved the funding package by a voice vote and is now expected to begin a scheduled two-week recess.

The Senate-approved package includes some of the provisions agreed to as part of the January funding negotiations, including $20 million for body cameras for immigration enforcement agents.

The House could vote as soon as Friday, before the shutdown would break the record Saturday night for the longest funding lapse of any federal agency in U.S. history.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the outcome “unfortunate” Friday.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) is reportedly attempting to build Republican support for a short-term bill that would fund all Department of Homeland Security operations through May 22. Senate Democrats say they would reject that plan.

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Mike Johnson trashes the Senate-passed DHS funding bill: “This gambit that was done last night was a joke.”

“We’re going to do something different.”

He says the House will instead vote on a clean CR to fund DHS, including ICE and CBP, through May 22. pic.twitter.com/Eue6t47bPS

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 27, 2026