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The DHS Shutdown Isn’t a Win for Democrats

They didn’t accomplish their policy goals by withholding funding for immigration enforcement.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol Dulles International Airport on March 24, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Congress is more than 60 days past its deadline to pass an appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, leaving agencies like the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and those responsible for immigration enforcement without yearly funding from the legislature.

Charles Hilu is a reporter for The Dispatch based in Washington, D.C. Before joining the company in 2024, he was the Collegiate Network Fellow at the Washington Free Beacon and interned at both National Review and the Washington Examiner. When he is not chasing down lawmakers on Capitol Hill, he is probably listening to show tunes or following the premier sports teams of the University of Michigan and city of Detroit.

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