Much of DHS runs out of money after ICE negotiations falter

Much of the Department of Homeland Security ran out of money Saturday morning after negotiations stalled between the White House and congressional Democrats over new restrictions on federal immigration agents, and lawmakers left town without funding the department.

The shutdown impacts about 13 percent of the federal civilian workforce, although most of the affected DHS employees are required to keep working even if they are not being paid.

Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration agents in exchange for voting to fund DHS after Alex Pretti was killed last month in Minneapolis. But the shutdown does not halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection operations because Republicans in Congress sent those agencies tens of millions of dollars in extra funding last year.

Instead, the brunt of the impact will fall on other agencies within DHS, a sprawling department that includes the Transportation Security Administration, which provides airport security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Coast Guard.

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