WASHINGTON, February 1, 2026: As we reported, the recent deaths of two American citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota has led to a partial federal shutdown only months after America’s longest federal shutdown in history ended in November.
The three Democrat conditions for averting the latest shutdown forced the Senate to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from the funding bill approved by the House. The three conditions are requiring ICE agents to use judicial warrants to detain people, creating a code of conduct for ICE agents, force ICE agents to clearly identify themselves and stop using face coverings while conducting immigration enforcement activities.
Because the Senate was forced to separate funding for DHS from the funding bill, the House must now vote on funding five of the six pending bills through September and vote to fund two weeks of DHS while the three Democrat demands for ICE are debated.
The House is expected to be back early next week to vote on the Senate’s proposed funding bill to end the latest shutdown. The earliest time the House can vote on the bill is tomorrow. If the House accepts the Senate bill as is, the shutdown can end as early as Monday night. But if the House is unable to muster the necessary votes, the shutdown can last longer.
As it stands now, nine federal agencies must contend with funding lapses as Congress works to vote on the funding. Among the federal agencies dealing with a funding lapse is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as it readies for the tax season. It is too early to know what impact, if any, the latest shutdown will have on the IRS.
The earliest vote on the proposed bill at the House is 4 p.m. Eastern Time when the House Rules Committee convenes to vote on the measure. If it leaves the committee the House could conceivably pass the funding bill late on Monday which would then be signed by the White House, ending the shutdown and restoring funding to the agencies through September, except for DHS which would get a two week funding reprieve as Congress addresses the Democrat’s three ICE demands.
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Cover picture credit: Federal officers from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement provide security for the ICE facility in Portland Oregon on October 4, 2025.
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