But last week, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned that DHS was set to run out of money to pay staffers by the beginning of May.
Immigration enforcement agencies have mostly been maintaining their normal operations during the shutdown, with law enforcement officers continuing to receive their paychecks with funds drawn from Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Congressional Republicans are now launching an effort to set aside an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement.
It seemed earlier this month as if lawmakers might be close to reaching a deal to end the partial shutdown; the Senate agreed on April 1 to approve funding for DHS, excluding immigration enforcement agencies. But House Republicans declined to act on that legislation for weeks, until they ultimately voted on the proposal on Thursday.
The bill passed by the House includes some guardrails on federal immigration agents that lawmakers agreed on earlier this year, according to Politico. The legislation, though, doesn’t include the new measures that Democrats had been pushing for, such as prohibiting agents from wearing masks.
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