DHS funds run out amid partial shutdown

WASHINGTON (NBC, KYMA) - With no agreement over ICE reforms, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down.

Federal employees, including TSA agents and FEMA workers, are on the job without pay.

With Congress out for the week, there are growing concerns about how long the partial shutdown will last.

The reality of another partial government shutdown is settling in Monday morning after the DHS ran out of funding over the weekend with no deal on reforms to immigration enforcement operations.

"We need change that is dramatic, that is bold, that is meaningful," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

"We have to protect law enforcement," said President Donald Trump.

While negotiators struggle for common ground, ICE and Border Patrol, at the center of the dispute, are still funded through what President Trump called the "Big, Beautiful Bill," while critical workers at FEMA, the Coast Guard and TSA are once again working without pay.

"People's lives and livelihoods are being played with here," said Andrew Cardoso with AFGE Local 1260.

Cardoso says many TSA agents are still recovering from the last shutdown in the fall that snarled air travel for weeks. He says they can't afford another extended stretch without pay.

"For me eventually, it's going to come down to 'Do I put gas in the car to go to work for free, or do I put food on the table with that money for my kids?'" Cardoso expressed.

Democrats argue they have to stand firm in the wake of the shooting deaths of two American citizens by federal officers.

They're demanding changes including a uniform code of conduct for ICE and Border Patrol, judicial warrants before immigration arrests and no masks on officers.

"No police department in America doesn't identify themselves," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

"What are you gonna do, expose their faces so you can intimidate their families? What we want is ICE to do their job," said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

Congress is out until next week, but could come back to vote if there's a deal.

Republicans are accusing Democrats of political theater in the lead up to the president's State of the Union Address next week.

Democratic leadership is rejecting that, saying they hope to reach a deal before then.