Schumer calls on GOP to move funding package without DHS money to avoid shutdown
by Alexander Bolton - 01/25/26 4:24 PM ET
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Senate Republicans on Sunday to move a government funding package without funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.
Schumer urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House GOP leaders to drop the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from the six-bill funding package that is due to come to the Senate floor this week.
“Senate Democrats will not allow the current DHS funding bill to move forward,” Schumer said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
He called on Republican colleagues to “join Democrats in overhauling ICE and CBP to protect the public,” referring to Customs and Border Protection.
“People should be safe from abuse by their own government,” he said. “Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill.”
“This is best course of action, and the American people are on our side,” he said.
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