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Senate Agrees to Fund DHS, Except ICE and Border Patrol, In Bid to End 40-Day Shutdown
The deal follows bipartisan negotiations and faces an uncertain future in the House.
Mar. 27, 2026 at 11:21am
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The Senate unanimously agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations. The 42-day funding lapse has led to TSA officers missing paychecks and causing extreme delays at airports. The deal is expected to have President Trump's support but faces an uncertain future in the House.
Why it matters
The partial government shutdown has had significant impacts on federal workers and travelers, with TSA officers calling out of work in large numbers. This deal aims to end the shutdown, but the exclusion of ICE and Border Patrol funding remains a point of contention.
The details
The Senate-approved package would fund all of DHS except ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and parts of Customs and Border Protection. Democrats have refused to vote for funding those agencies without significant reforms to enforcement practices. The White House and Republicans declined to grant Democrats' demands to restrict Trump's immigration agenda, so they agreed to strip out ICE funding from the measure and pursue that in a separate party-line bill.
- The Senate approved the package at 2:20 a.m. on March 27, 2026.
- TSA officers missed their first full paychecks in mid-March 2026, leading many to call out of work.
- Trump sent ICE agents to airports to help TSA earlier this week.
The players
John Thune
Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota.
Chuck Schumer
Senate Democratic Leader.
Markwayne Mullin
Newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary.
Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House.
Delia Ramirez
Democratic Representative from Illinois.
What they’re saying
“Hopefully they'll be around, and we can get at least a lot of the government opened up again, and then we'll go from there.”
— John Thune, Senate Majority Leader
“President Trump should never have had to step in to rescue TSA workers and U.S. air travel. We are here because, thanks to Democrats' determined refusal to reach an agreement, there will be no Homeland Security funding bill this year.”
— John Thune, Senate Majority Leader
“In the wake of the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Senate Democrats were clear. No blank check for a lawless ICE and Border Patrol. This long overdue agreement funds TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, strengthens security at the border and the ports of entry, and keeps Americans safe.”
— Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic Leader
“Let the record show: Trump could've signed the executive order to pay TSA day 1. TSA and federal workers did not have to miss a single paycheck.”
— Delia Ramirez, Democratic Representative
What’s next
The House can either debate and vote out the Senate-passed measures in the Rules Committee before bringing them to the floor under a simple majority vote, or Speaker Johnson can bring them to the floor 'under suspension', meaning two thirds of the House votes in favor of bringing them up.
The takeaway
This deal aims to end the partial government shutdown by funding most of the Department of Homeland Security, but the exclusion of ICE and Border Patrol funding remains a point of contention that could impact its passage in the House.
