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The shutdown isn't over yet. Here's where DHS funding stands.

Conservative hardliners in the House woke up furious that their Senate counterparts had passed a deal without ICE and Border Patrol funding in the dead of night.

Updated March 27, 2026, 3:32 p.m. ET

It's far from over now.

An end to the partial government shutdown looked to be on the horizon early Friday, March 27, until Republican leaders in the House of Representatives revolted that afternoon, coming out against a deal to end the six-week-long funding crisis at the Department of Homeland Security.

The agreement had passed the Senate in the dead of night, paving the way for members of Congress to resolve the weekslong standoff that has left airports in turmoil. But House Speaker Mike Johnson denounced the agreement Friday afternoon, putting any possible shutdown solution into serious political jeopardy.

Here's where things stand.

House Republicans turn against GOP senators

The agreement that was set to head to the House would have funded the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Transportation Security Administration, among other DHS agencies.

The legislation that passed by unanimous consent in the Senate didn't include funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Senate Republicans said that's because both of those divisions of DHS already received big cash infusions as part of the so-called "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" that passed last year.

But many conservative hardliners woke up in the morning furious about the situation, pledging to withhold their support for advancing the agreement unless it added immigration enforcement funding and a voter ID provision. 

"We can't believe that the Senate abdicated its responsibility this morning," Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, said. "This deal is bad for America. It's bad for Americans. The president has already said he's going to fund TSA out of funds he has. So it's not going to affect the airports if we don't do this today."

What next?

The last-minute impasse imperiled the likelihood of a swift end to the DHS shutdown, which has upended airport security across the country.

Johnson said he planned to instead put to a vote Friday evening a two-month stopgap measure that would keep all of DHS funded at its current levels through May 22.

If the House passes the stopgap measure – also known as a "continuing resolution," or CR – senators would have to return to Capitol Hill to approve it. Yet many already left Washington for a planned two-week spring recess, and Democrats have pledged not to support the counterproposal.

What happened in the Senate on Thursday?

GOP senators stepped into gear after President Donald Trump threatened to fund TSA without Congress' involvement on Thursday.

Senate Democrats ultimately allowed the measure, despite its omission of the demands they repeatedly said were non-negotiable following the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis. A ban on mask-wearing by federal agents and requirements for judicial warrants for immigration raids were among Democrats' requirements left out of the final deal, although it did include some accountability measures for DHS.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune speaks at the Capitol on March 24, 2026.

What does this mean for Americans?

Though President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to pay TSA workers, Americans may still be waiting in long airport lines across the country this weekend.

Even if TSA workers start receiving pay, the shutdown has already left its mark on airport security employees: Thousands of depleted TSA agents have called out sick or left their jobs in order to support themselves. Many have struggled to afford health-care costs, child care and other expenses during the shutdown.

DHS has also not confirmed whether ICE officers deployed to some U.S. airports to support the TSA will leave right away upon Trump signing a funding deal.

That means for Americans heading to the airport on Friday, check airport wait times and plan accordingly for things to look a bit different.

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