DHS Shutdown Risk Rises as Schumer Threatens to Block Extension

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned that Democrats would oppose a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security without more changes to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, raising the risk of a partial government shutdown starting on Saturday.

“We’re 3 days away from a DHS shutdown and Republicans have not gotten serious about negotiating a solution that reins in ICE and stops the violence,” Schumer posted on X. “Democrats will not support a CR to extend the status quo.”

Schumer’s post amounted to a threat to block funding for the department, which includes TSA agents at ...