DHS on brink of prolonged shutdown after Senate Democrats block funding over ICE

Published February 12, 2026 2:02pm ET



The Senate failed to advance a House-passed spending measure Thursday for the Department of Homeland Security, all but ensuring funding will lapse on Saturday and cause a partial government shutdown.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are bracing for a prolonged shuttering of the department that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement without a deal on Democratic demands to restrict President Donald Trump’s deportation operations and Congress’s recess next week.

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