Struggling DHS agencies plead with Congress for funding security

(The Center Square) – Department of Homeland Security agencies are requesting a total of $63 billion in fiscal year 2027 appropriations from Congress – even as Congress continues to withhold DHS funding for the current fiscal year.

The Homeland Security bill is the only fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill to remain unpassed. As of Thursday, DHS has remained shut down for over 61 days, yet U.S. lawmakers are still squabbling over the details of how to fund the department.

Given Senate Democrats’ refusal to pass any Homeland Security funding bill that fails to restrict ICE and Border Patrol operations, Senate Republicans finally passed an appropriations bill stripped of immigration enforcement funding and sent it to the House.

House Republicans, however, are