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House and Senate Republicans Announce Plan to End Partial Shutdown of DHS

HeadlineApr 02, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a two-track plan to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Under the plan, Republicans would fund most of DHS except ICE and Border Patrol through the end of September. Then they would attempt to fund those two immigration agencies for three years through a party-line budget reconciliation bill requiring no Democratic votes. Democrats have refused to fully fund DHS until it implements changes to its immigration enforcement policies. DHS has been partially shut down since February, after federal agents killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis during an immigration crackdown.

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