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Here’s How ICE and Border Patrol Get Funded
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By Nathan Worcester
5/7/2026Updated: 5/11/2026

With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump ended a Department of Homeland Security shutdown that dragged on for more than two months. Now Republicans are scrambling to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, both of which were left out of the deal to reopen DHS. Here’s what’s happened so far and what comes next.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at nathan.worcester@epochtimes.us