"It looked as though the Department of Homeland Security would be without funding on midnight on Friday. What a great time it would be to eliminate that whole lumbering beast born in the national panic after the attacks of 9/11. Ah, It is to dream. Anyway, the impasse became inevitable when a bill passed by the House failed in the Senate on a procedural vote Thursday night and everybody left to enjoy a week off."
"At issue, of course, is the rampages on which DHS personnel have gone on around the country, most notably in Minneapolis, where they achieved an actual body count. Prior to the vote, border generalissimo Tom Homan announced that ICE's enhanced immigration enforcement would end shortly, but hardly anyone believed that, and the Democrats seem to be hanging in there, risking accusations that they are starving the Coast Guard, FEMA, and the TSA in order to rein in the immigration SWAT teams."
The Department of Homeland Security faced a potential funding lapse at midnight Friday, prompting speculation about abolishing the post-9/11 agency. A House-passed bill failed a Senate procedural vote, and legislators adjourned for a scheduled weeklong recess, leaving the funding impasse unresolved. The confrontation centers on aggressive DHS and ICE operations nationwide, including deadly actions in Minneapolis. ICE announced a pause in enhanced immigration enforcement, but skepticism remained. Democrats maintained their stance despite accusations that withholding funds would harm agencies like the Coast Guard, FEMA, and TSA while targeting immigration SWAT teams.
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