DHS to shut down, but ICE won't stop [View all]

https://www.salon.com/2026/02/13/dhs-to-shut-down-but-ice-wont-stop/

While Democratic lawmakers refused to continue funding DHS because of agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which have been accused of ignoring court orders and the Constitution, both of those entities will continue to function without pause in the shutdown. That’s because of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed last year and provides ICE over $75 billion to be used over multiple years, a nearly 190 percent budget increase from typical ICE budgets.