5 things to know about the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : For example, FEMA had staff, food and generators available during the ice storm that hit the eastern half of the U.S. earlier this winter.
52% : Though during the last shutdown, DHS used money from the Republican tax and spending bill to pay their salaries.
46% : Immigration enforcement is likely to continue uninterrupted During two congressional hearings this week, the leaders of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection told lawmakers their agencies would likely not see significant impact on their enforcement operations since both agencies received more than $70 billion from Congress last summer as part of the GOP's massive tax and spending bill. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said the shutdown could affect DHS's work on transnational crime, but he did not note any impact to immigration operations.
37% : "This vote today asked a simple question: Will you rein in ICE's abuses or will you vote to extend the chaos.
35% : CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott didn't detail how the shutdown would affect personnel, just saying: "I agree America becomes less safe.

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