US Homeland Security Department partial shutdown hits
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A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. Travelers with
Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents.
During the first week of February, a letter to business owners purporting to be from the Department of Homeland Security circulated on social media nationwide and was even posted in some shops.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to occupy a facility in Romulus near the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Mayor Robert McCraight said.
A young aide behind social posts that echoed white supremacist messaging will help run social media for the much larger Homeland Security Department.
Meanwhile, key senators say they won't support a short-term spending bill to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security this weekend.
Democratic leaders a say White House proposal doesn't make the grade as they demand new restrictions on ICE and threaten a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.