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Funding for the Department of Homeland Security expired at the end of the day Friday. Here's what will be affected.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has run out amid a political impasse over immigration enforcement. Now, Congress is out of town.
Locals in Hutchins, Texas, pushed back against the plan to house 9,500 immigrants in a converted warehouse.
The partial government shutdown that began Saturday in a battle between Democrats and the Trump administration over oversight of immigration officers seems to have no clear end.
The shutdown will force DHS to scale back its operations and postpone pay for many workers. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for instance, warned that the crisis will "severely disrupt" his ability to reimburse states for disaster relief costs.
Tricia McLaughlin, the top spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and one of the most vocal defenders of the agency’s controversial immigration enforcement tactics, is informing colleagues today that she is leaving the department next week, Daniel and Adam report. McLaughlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The DHS claimed Sosa-Celis "violently" assaulted the agent, who simultaneously was "ambushed and attacked" by two other Venezuelan nationals. Those men allegedly "came out of a nearby apartment" and "attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.