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DHS Employees Go Unpaid as Funding Stalemate Continues

3/31/2026

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Thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees have gone without pay for more than seven weeks due to a funding stalemate.
Lawmakers plan a recess, prompting Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to criticize the break while workers suffer.
Senate Democrats refuse to fund ICE and CBP without reforms, while House Republicans oppose excluding DHS funding.
Some Senate Republicans urge colleagues to cancel the recess to address the funding crisis.

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Thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees have gone without pay for more than seven weeks due to a funding stalemate.
Lawmakers plan a recess, prompting Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to criticize the break while workers suffer.
Senate Democrats refuse to fund ICE and CBP without reforms, while House Republicans oppose excluding DHS funding.
Some Senate Republicans urge colleagues to cancel the recess to address the funding crisis.