And even if DHS runs out of funding, the operations of ICE and other immigration enforcement agencies wouldn’t cease overnight. ICE received billions of dollars in funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, which will keep it well funded for a while.

About two months after the last federal government shutdown ended, another funding lapse looms — this one caused by a battle between Republicans and Democrats over funding for immigration enforcement.

The Senate agreed to temporarily fund DHS in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown. What Kentuckians should know