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• DHS officials implore lawmakers not to force their employees to endure more delayed pay during a shutdown - February 12, 2026

• With the deadline nearing, leaders at the Homeland Security Department warn of long waits at airports and diminished disaster recovery if Congress fails to act.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  Leaders at the Homeland Security Department pleaded with lawmakers on Wednesday not to force their employees to endure another government shutdown, saying their offices are still reeling from the previous funding lapse and their employees cannot afford more delayed paychecks.

  Operations at the non-immigration agencies within DHS will suffer long-term damage from any extended shutdown of the department, officials told House appropriators at a hearing just two days before a lapse is set to occur. Every other agency in government has received full-year funding for fiscal 2026, but Democrats have withheld their votes for DHS as they seek reforms to President Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in the wake of multiple citizens being fatally shot by department employees.

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