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House Homeland Security Subcommittee presses DHS leaders on budget needs as shutdown drags on
Summary
A House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on FY2027 budgets for CBP, ICE and USCIS centered on the operational harms of an ongoing DHS funding lapse, with witnesses warning of unpaid personnel, offline equipment and limits on investigations while members demanded documents and faster follow‑up.
The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations held a hearing to review the fiscal year 2027 budget requests for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and to press agency leaders on impacts from the current funding lapse. Chair called the meeting to order and set tight deadlines for agency responses and document production.
Ranking Member Henry Cuellar opened by warning against abandoning the annual appropriations process and noted that, "these policies that impact lives, our economy, and our community at…
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