ICE loses current funding if DHS is shut down. BBB funds cannot be used. Dems know.

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Agents hired before the bill will not get paid and operations will be shut down if the government shuts down.

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ICE funding is not in a shutdown. Despite ongoing congressional disputes over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding, ICE continues to operate with a substantial, multi-year funding, including a $75 billion supplement from a 2025 law. While a partial government shutdown was averted in February 2026, negotiations continue regarding ICE oversight and operational changes.
Funded Operations: ICE is not relying on the current, temporary funding bills to operate. It has enough resources to continue operations, including detention beds, for several years

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Agents hired before the bill will not get paid and operations will be shut down if the government shuts down.

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Wrong, they will still work but not get paid until funding is approved.

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3. Personnel and pay: work continues, pay may not


While enforcement operations can proceed under existing balances or administrative orders, ICE employees are likely to be required to continue performing duties during a shutdown even if Congress has not provided immediate appropriations; reporting notes that employees would not receive pay until funding is restored, raising personnel and morale strains despite continuing operations [3][2]. The OMB and agency shutdown guidance also contemplates plans to keep mission-critical activities running, which in practice has meant staff staying on the job in prior lapses [2].

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4. Short-term political levers: stopgaps, limited extensions, and leverage for reform

Congress and the White House have repeatedly used short-term funding extensions for DHS as bargaining chips—recent bills extended ICE funding only through February 13 or provided narrow stopgaps while broader appropriations were approved for other agencies—creating recurring “budget cliffs” that compress negotiations over reforms into short windows [5][9][10]. That political dynamic means a shutdown’s principal impact can be leverage: Democrats have withheld support to press for operational reforms such as warrants, body cameras and limits on masking, while Republicans and the administration have resisted some measures, producing cycles of temporary funding and renewed talks [11][12].

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BBB funds only newly hired ICE and border patrol. Agents hired before the bill will not get paid and operations will be shut down if the government shuts down.

You're telling me that the $19 billion of supplemental funding already appropriated (that's 19 billion for last year, this year, the next year, and the year after that) is only for "new hires"?

If that's the case......frick em

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Is this why conservatives aren't panicking about the Dem BS?

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Rosemary Jenks (Immigration Accountability Project Cofounder and Policy Director) just explained this on War Room.

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