# partisan polarization

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.