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.
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.