House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has launched a bold new effort to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This time, no funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection, in a bid to break the deadlock that has left the department unfunded amid weeks of shutdown.
The plan uses a procedural tool known as a discharge petition to bring a funding bill directly to the House floor—with money for frontline agencies like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the United States Coast Guard, but without funds for ICE or CBP.
