# Congress
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Partisan Fight Over Immigration Forces U.S. Homeland Security Into Shutdown, Risking Travel and Emergency Services
A partisan standoff over federal immigration enforcement has left the Department of Homeland Security without a full appropriation as Congress goes into recess, creating the first DHS shutdown. Essential staff will keep working unpaid, but prolonged funding gaps could disrupt TSA screening, FEMA response, the Coast Guard and Secret Service duties, and revive memories of last year’s debilitating federal shutdown.
Deadlock Over Immigration Sends Homeland Security Into Temporary Shutdown, Exposes Wider Risks
A partisan dispute over aggressive federal immigration enforcement has left the U.S. Department of Homeland Security without new funding as Congress adjourned, forcing essential employees to work without pay. While an extended shutdown would hamper agencies such as TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, analysts expect a short-term compromise; the political battle over immigration policy, however, is unlikely to abate.