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DHS Shutdown Threatens Airport Security

DHS Shutdown Threatens Airport Security

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued a stark warning that the department's payroll will be dry within weeks if the funding impasse is not resolved.

The shutdown has already caused significant disruption to TSA operations and border security functions across the country.

Senate Republicans have introduced a new $70 billion framework to fund ICE and Border Patrol, but the plan faces stiff opposition from Democrats.

The crisis threatens to renew travel chaos at major airports just as the summer tourism season approaches.

United States Department of Homeland Security
United States federal executive department
Markwayne Mullin
American politician (born 1977)
Transportation Security Administration
United States federal government agency
United States Senate
Upper house of the United States Congress