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Homeland Security Officials Voice Concerns About Looming Shutdown
Officials warned that a funding lapse would affect TSA payroll, delay cybersecurity and disaster training, and strain FEMA's resources during emergencies, with 90% of DHS staff working unpaid.
- On Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security officials testified before a House panel that a looming funding lapse threatens core services, with Congress having passed only a short-term patch through Friday.
- Amid demands for immigration changes after the Minneapolis killings, Democrats pressed for enforcement reforms while Republicans emphasized a shutdown would not curtail certain agency work.
- TSA official estimated about 95% of their 61,000 workers would continue working but potentially without pay, risking absences and longer airport lines, as a shutdown looms.
- Gregg Phillips warned that a lapse would disrupt reimbursements to states, strain FEMA’s disaster relief fund, and disrupt first-responder training at the National Disaster & Emergency Management University in Maryland.
- Madhu Gottumukkala warned a shutdown would degrade cyber guidance because threats do not stop, while ICE received about $75 billion last year, officials said.
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Organizations such as the Transport Safety Authority (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Coast Guard could run out of budget, after discussing reforms to the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).
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