The Department of Homeland Security is now affected by a partial government shutdown. Here’s what you need to know.

Residents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are speaking out as federal immigration agents carry out enforcement actions in their neighborhoods

 The Department of Homeland Security is now caught in a partial government shutdown after Congress failed to approve funding by Friday’s deadline. Most DHS employees will continue working, though many may not receive paychecks until the shutdown ends, and the public is unlikely to notice major disruptions.

DHS is the final federal agency yet to secure funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, which runs through September 30. Since the record-long shutdown concluded in mid-November, Congress has passed a series of spending bills covering the rest of the government.

The latest funding package, approved at the end of January, provided DHS with just two weeks of funding. Lawmakers intended this brief extension to allow more time to negotiate reforms to the agency’s immigration enforcement policies—a move pushed by Senate Democrats following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis

Lawmakers left Washington on Thursday without reaching an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security, leaving the next steps unclear. Negotiations continue between the White House and Democrats, but Congress isn’t scheduled to return until February 23—though GOP leaders could recall members sooner if a deal is struck.

President Donald Trump is no stranger to government shutdowns. During his first term, he oversaw a 35-day shutdown—the longest in U.S. history at the time—before last year’s 43-day impasse surpassed it.

Here’s what we know so far about the partial shutdown affecting DHS:

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The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, both killed by Department of Homeland Security immigration agents during protest‑related enforcement actions in Minneapolis last month, sparked widespread public outrage and led Senate Democrats to insist on changes to immigration enforcement as a condition for backing funding for other federal departments.