DHS funding set to expire as talks over immigration enforcement reforms stall

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast for Friday, February 13th.

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  2026, I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.

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  I'm Barbara Sprint, I cover Congress.

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  And I'm Jimena Bustillo, and I cover immigration policy.

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  And today on the show,

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  funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to run out at midnight,

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  as Democrats are forcing yet another government shutdown over reforms they want to see with ICE.

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  Barbara.

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  Remind us how we got here and why we're talking about just a specific agency shutting down as opposed to the entire government.

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  Right.

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  It feels almost not right, right?

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  Because we've had so many of these where it's like the impending massive government shutdown,

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  and this is just a slice.

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  It is the DHS slice of things.

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  Last month,

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  there were a few appropriations bills that were outstanding that they needed to get passed by the end of January for fiscal year 2026 funding.

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  And last month,

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  the Senate stripped the DHS part of that out from this broader federal spending package,

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  probably so that other places wouldn't also endure a shutdown.

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  stopgap bill for DHS that ended up being just about under two weeks so that parties could work on negotiating changes to the department.

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