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The Senate unanimously passed a DHS (excluding ICE/CBP) funding bill this week, which Mike Johnson blocked in the House. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/27/politics/senate-agreement-dhs...


And it's important to note that ICE and CBP don't need additional funding. They were overfunded with the last spending bill by about 10x their actual needs.

That's the reason why ICE and CBP agents are still collecting paychecks while the rest of DHS is not.

It's actually a bit silly that Republicans, the party of limited government, have been holding up funding the TSA and FEMA because an agency they already overspent on won't get additional dollars. Not very DOGE.




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