The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains in a state of partial shutdown on Monday after a weekend of failed negotiations on Capitol Hill. While the rest of the federal government remains open and funded through September, the lapse for DHS has left roughly 260,000 employees in limbo as the White House and Senate Democrats remain deadlocked over “reforms” to immigration enforcement.
DHS partial shutdown enters day 3, standoff deepens over immigration ‘guardrails’
Brooke Mallory
Feb 16, 2026 | 4:23 PM
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