The Department of Homeland Security, which houses agencies focused on immigration, disaster response and cybersecurity, is on track to shut down Saturday as lawmakers leave town without a funding agreement or a deal that Democrats hope will rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.

  • brunchyvirus@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    The shutdown is likely to have minimal impact on pay for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and funding for their enforcement operations, since both agencies received an infusion of cash from Congress last summer. During the government shutdown last fall, officers and agents conducting arrests continued to do so and also continued to be paid.

    According to DHS’ contingency plan, last updated in September, 22,862 agency workers not in ICE or CBP could be furloughed, meaning they would not work and would not be paid until the end of the shutdown. Other workers may be instructed to continue working but without pay, and there could be pauses to other programs.

    I was wondering what happens to people that are currently being held, during a shutdown. The conditions are beyond inhumane while they’re staffid, and then a shutdown happens and they get neglected even more.

    It doesn’t sound like the shutdown will affect ICE/CPB’s ongoing assault, probably just going to make them far more aggressive toward innocent people during the shutdown.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Clearly the answer is to give even more funding to the people creating inhumane conditions and to ask them nicely to stop /s

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Bureau of Prisons never shuts down. Considered essential. They just eat from the food pantries and get rent extensions. Next month is going to be hard. You know those “little libraries”? My wife’s school has a “little food pantry” a few of the faculty and I have been keeping stocked. it is going to be empty in a week.