Trump ended a seventy-five-day DHS partial shutdown by signing a bill that funds TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and the Secret Service. ICE and CBP remain unfunded, waiting on a $70 billion Senate reconciliation vote.
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President of the United States
Signed the legislation into law; previously used executive action to temporarily pay TSA workers when regular funds ran out; set June 1 deadline for full DHS funding through reconciliation
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (confirmed March 2026)
Took charge of DHS mid-shutdown after Noem's ouster; publicly warned on Fox News that DHS would run out of money for salaries in May; celebrated the signing on social media
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (R-LA)
Held up the Senate-passed bill for weeks; secured the April 29 215-211 budget resolution vote (kept open 5+ hours) unlocking the $70B ICE/CBP reconciliation path, which cleared the way for the DHS bill to pass by voice vote
U.S. Senate Majority Leader (R-SD)
Led unanimous Senate passage of the bipartisan DHS funding bill a month before House action; coordinating the reconciliation path that will fund ICE and CBP for the remainder of Trump's term
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (ousted during shutdown)
Led DHS when funding lapsed February 14; her mid-shutdown ouster left the department without confirmed leadership during the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history
U.S. Representative (R-TX)
Pressured Johnson to hold out for reconciliation as the funding path for immigration enforcement; his caucus opposition delayed House action on the Senate bill by over a month
U.S. Representative (D-CT); Ranking Member, House Appropriations Committee
Co-architected the bipartisan deal to fund TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and Secret Service separately from ICE/CBP; called it 'about damn time' when it finally passed
U.S. Representative (D-MS); Ranking Member, House Homeland Security Committee
Publicly called out Johnson for sitting on the Senate-cleared bill; said Republicans 'manufactured this crisis, prolonged it for months, and forced thousands of public servants and their families to pay the price'
Federal workers across DHS non-immigration agencies
Bore the direct costs of the shutdown — unpaid for weeks, forced to work without pay, with 1,000+ resigning; their hardship and the resulting airport chaos created the political pressure that finally forced Johnson to act
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The 75-day DHS partial shutdown was the longest single-agency partial shutdown in U.S. history.
The partial shutdown began February 14, 2026 and ended April 30, 2026 — 75 days. This surpasses all previous single-agency shutdown records, including the 35-day full government shutdown of December 2018–January 2019.
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More than 1,000 TSA officers resigned during the shutdown.
TSA reported more than 1,000 officer resignations during the shutdown period, consistent with patterns from previous shutdowns when transportation security workers — who are required to work without pay during shutdowns — resigned rather than continue unpaid.
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The partial funding bill covers TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and Secret Service but not ICE or CBP.
The bill Trump signed April 30 restored appropriations for the four DHS components not central to the immigration enforcement debate. ICE and CBP are being funded separately through the reconciliation process.
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ICE and CBP funding is being pursued through budget reconciliation, which requires only 51 Senate votes.
The House voted 215-211 on April 29 on a budget resolution enabling reconciliation for up to $70 billion in ICE/CBP funding. Reconciliation bills bypass the 60-vote cloture threshold, requiring only a simple majority.
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Approximately 260,000 DHS employees were affected by the partial shutdown.
DHS employs approximately 260,000 people across its components. All were affected to varying degrees by the funding lapse, including furloughs, mandatory unpaid work, and delayed pay.
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Trump set a June 1 deadline for full DHS funding.
Trump publicly set June 1, 2026 as his deadline for Congress to deliver full DHS funding, including ICE and CBP, through the reconciliation process.
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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin replaced Kirstjen Nielsen.
Mullin was confirmed as DHS Secretary in March 2026. He did not directly replace Kirstjen Nielsen, who served 2017–2019; there were multiple DHS secretaries between Nielsen and Mullin.