WASHINGTON >> Bipartisan Senate talks aimed at reining in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown appeared to sputter on Thursday before they had even started, raising the risk of a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security in a little over a week.
While there is some FY2026 funding for ICE, the agency received a $75 billion infusion of funding over the next decade through the already-passed “Big Beautiful Bill,” so a lapse in funding at DHS would not cease operations there.
Even if this funding doesn’t show up, ICE will still have more funds than the FBI.
The ICE guys still get paid:
Even if this funding doesn’t show up, ICE will still have more funds than the FBI.