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DHS shutdown blows past one-month mark as Dems push to carve out ICE from any new funding deal

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As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, can stay shut down.
«We already said we’d open everything in the department except ICE, so the answer is yes,» Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said when asked about partial funding for DHS.
«Republicans won’t agree because they’re trying to hold the security of the country hostage.»
SCHUMER, DEMS AGAIN BLOCK DHS FUNDING, FORCE STATE OF THE UNION SHOWDOWN
Capitol Hill, left, pictured next to ICE agents, right. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images; Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
His position was echoed by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
«We need to fund every aspect of it other than ICE. We’re going to fight on the ICE funding. I mean, they already have $75 billion,» Khanna said, noting that ICE itself already received funding through Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
In light of those appropriations, Republicans believe Democrats have assumed an unsustainable position as they continue to shoot down efforts to fund DHS in its entirety.
«They’re not interested in reopening, right? Their whole thing is: ‘Okay, we’re doing a shutdown to go out there and affect ICE and Border Patrol.’ But ICE and border patrol are the ones that are not even affected by this shutdown. They’re funded by the One Big, Beautiful Bill that passed previously,» Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said.
«How long do I foresee Democrats lying to their base? Forever,» Mast added.
Calls to implement the partial funding stance have grown louder since the shutdown first began.
KRISTI NOEM’S FIRING FAILS TO SWAY DEMOCRATS AS DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Funding for DHS originally lapsed on Feb. 14 when Democrats refused to advance spending legislation for DHS that didn’t also include a set of demands to reform ICE. Among other changes, Democrats have conditioned their support on a ban on masks for ICE agents, stiffer warrant requirements for apprehending suspects in public and a ban on roaming patrols.
Republicans have rebuffed the demands, arguing they would handcuff President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement goals.
Republicans need at least seven Democrats to reach the 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster in the Senate, where they hold just 53 seats.
The standoff has overlapped with a series of domestic attacks, raising alarm among Republicans that DHS’ closure may be reducing the country’s preparedness to counter similar threats.
A vehicle-ramming at a synagogue in Michigan, a university shooting in Virginia, the detonation attempts in New York and another shooting in Texas have left members like Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., joining calls to pass non-ICE DHS funding.
‘YOU CAN CRY ABOUT IT’: TEMPERS FLARE IN SENATE AS DHS SHUTDOWN DEBATE ERUPTS, STALEMATE DIGS DEEPER

A Brazilian national was indicted in Florida for allegedly creating a fake government agency and selling fraudulent DHS and FBI identification cards that he claimed would grant immunity from immigration enforcement. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
«If it takes more time to negotiate those changes to ICE, then the right thing to do is to fund the rest of DHS, TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA, counterterrorism, all of that, while we continue to negotiate over ICE,» Magaziner said.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he has also joined that position.
«Ready, willing, and eager to approve funding for TSA, for FEMA, and for the Coast Guard through the separate bill that we’ve offered and Republicans have rejected. There’s an easy solution here,» Blumenthal said.
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Así está hoy Auschwitz: el significado del cartel de entrada, las cámaras de gas y los zapatos de las víctimas

Arbeit Macht Frei. El trabajo te hará libre.
La irónica y cínica bienvenida a los prisioneros que llegaban a los campos de concentración sigue ahí, en Auschwitz, 81 años después de la liberación al final de la Segunda Guerra.
La sensación de atravesar ese portón de hierro se mete en el cuerpo con una carga histórica que abruma desde el primer paso y obliga a mirar de frente lo peor de la condición humana.
El complejo Auschwitz estuvo formado por diversos campos de concentración y exterminio que los alemanes instalaron en Polonia.
Situado a unos 43 kilómetros al oeste de Cracovia, fue el mayor centro de exterminio del nazismo. Allí fueron enviadas cerca de 1.300.000 personas, de las cuales murieron casi 1.100.000, el 90% eran judíos.
El nombre del campo se convirtió en símbolo por excelencia de la barbarie nazi y el Holocausto.
Para Ágata Miodowska-Drewniak, una joven judío polaca que trabaja como guía, Auschwitz no es un lugar más. Allí, dos hermanos de su abuela fueron asesinados.
“Mucha gente murió aquí por el hambre, por el trabajo duro, por los experimentos médicos, y no fueron solo judíos. Los alemanes empezaron a deportar a Auschwitz también a los presos de guerra de la Unión Soviética, a los gitanos y otros presos políticos de toda Europa”, explica en diálogo con TN.
Lo que más impacta durante el recorrido es que todo lo que se puede ver -y tocar- en Auschwitz está bien conservado y pertenece al campo de concentración original: las vías de los trenes que llegaban con los deportados, las plataformas donde las personas eran despojadas de sus pertenencias -y su humanidad-, los barrancos donde eran alojadas, los puestos de vigilancia, los alambrados de púa que rodean todo el perímetro, las cámaras de gas y los hornos que convirtieron al lugar en una verdadera fábrica de la muerte. Las vías del tren que transportaban a los judíos directamente dentro del campo Auschwitz II Birkenau. (Foto: Jessica Fabaro / TN)
“Esto es muy importante porque no nos queda mucho tiempo para escuchar esta historia de primera mano, ya que los pocos sobrevivientes están muriendo. Por eso, preservar esta historia y restaurar lugares como Auschwitz es fundamental para que este horror no se repita”, resalta Miodowska-Drewniak.
Qué se puede ver en Auschwitz: millones de experiencias de los prisioneros del campo
Vivir la experiencia de visitar este campo es muy difícil. Leer esta nota e incluso ver el video que la acompaña es muy diferente al hecho de estar ahí. Como explica la guía de Auschwitz: “Ver películas o leer libros y artículos es una cosa, pero tocar esta historia en persona es mucho más impresionante”.
No es solo encontrarse con la Historia (con mayúscula) de frente, es sobre todo, permitir que cada prisionero que vivió y murió allí nos cuente su propia historia.
Esto es posible a través de sus objetos. Miles de zapatos, maletas, ollas, los uniformes a rayas y hasta lo más terrible: el pelo que les cortaban y los nazis usaban para fabricar alfombras. Esta parte de la exposición es la única no fotografiable, por respeto a las víctimas. Por eso es necesario visitarla en persona. Solo así es posible estar cara a cara con el horror.

Las fotos que les sacaban a las personas -incluso niños- al llegar a Auschwitz están expuestas en el lugar en los barrancos donde fueron prisioneros de los nazis. (Foto: Jessica Fabaro / TN)
El campo funciona como museo desde 1947, dos años después del fin de la Segunda Guerra. Los primeros administradores fueron los mismos sobrevivientes del lugar.
Desde hace dos meses, la exposición está dedicada a las vidas y experiencias de los prisioneros. Esta exhibición es el resultado de más de 12 años de preparación y sustituye a la anterior, que estaba instalada de 1955.
La muestra tiene tres ejes temáticos:
- el registro de los prisioneros
- su vida cotidiana en el campo
- la experiencia del cautiverio
Si bien la intención es que los visitantes se enfoquen en el contexto y en las sensaciones que puedan despertar, no pasan desapercibidos una silla que se usaba para cortar el pelo de los prisioneros, un látigo y una batuta de la orquesta del campo.
Un enorme libro con 4.000.000 de nombres: cada uno, una historia
En el barranco número 27 de Auschwitz hay un libro enorme. Allí se pueden leer 4.000.000 de nombres y apellidos de los judíos que fueron asesinados en Europa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Son solo 4.000.000 de los al menos 6.000.000 que los nazis mataron durante el Holocausto. Ágata Miodowska-Drewniak, guía de Auschwitz, muestra el libro gigante donde se pueden leer los nombres de 4 de los 6 millones de judíos asesinados por la Alemania nazi en el Holocausto. (Foto: captura TN)
Ágata cuenta: “Para la gente es muy difícil ver esta sala porque siempre se dice 1.300.000. 1.100.000. 6.000.000. Pero cada persona tiene un nombre y un apellido. Cada persona es una historia».
“Aquí mataron a los hermanos de mi abuela”: el testimonio de una joven judío- polaca frente a una cámara de gas
“Soy polaca. Soy judía. Y este lugar es parte de mi historia”. La voz de Ágata Miodowska-Drewniak no tiembla, pero lleva el peso de generaciones. Habla sin rencor, con una serenidad firme, como quien aprendió a transformar el dolor en memoria. Los alemanes asesinaron a dos hermanos de su abuela durante el Holocausto, y ese pasado no es una abstracción: está ahí, en la tierra que pisa, en el aire que respira.
“Estamos en Birkenau. Frente a nosotros, los restos de la cámara de gas y del crematorio número tres, destruidos por los propios nazis en los días previos a la liberación del campo”, explica. No quedan estructuras intactas, pero sí algo más profundo: la evidencia. Cada piedra, cada fragmento, se conserva tal como fue encontrado. Nada está recreado. Todo es auténtico. Y en esa autenticidad reside su fuerza.
“Por eso es imprescindible conservar Auschwitz”, remarca. Protegerlo no es solo una tarea histórica, sino un acto de responsabilidad con el presente y el futuro. Porque tocar esta historia, recorrerla, sentirla en el cuerpo, deja una marca que ninguna imagen puede igualar. Y esa marca es, quizás, la forma más poderosa de que el horror no se repita.
La B invertida, un símbolo de protesta en medio de la esclavitud
En la puerta del campo se puede encontrar invertida la letra B de la palabra “Arbeit” (trabajo). Antiguos presos en dicho campo aseguran que fue un símbolo de protesta del compañero de cautiverio Jan Liwacz, que, como cerrajero artístico, tuvo que llevar a cabo varios trabajos para las SS.
El cartel es una réplica, ya que el original fue robado en 2009. La B invertida en el cartel de entrada al campo de concentración, un símbolo de rebeldía ante la esclavitud. (Foto: AFP / JANEK SKARZYNSKI
El campo es Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO desde 1979 y cada año es visitado por unos dos millones de personas. Fue el más grande de los campos de concentración y exterminio creado por los nazis y funcionó entre 1940 y 1945 cuando fue liberado por el Ejército Rojo.
Tal vez todavía haya quien se pregunte por qué es necesario visitar Auschwitz y no hay una respuesta correcta, todas son válidas. Aunque si algo aprendí de mi experiencia, es que, como dice la famosa frase atribuida al filósofo español George Santayana: “Quien olvida su historia está condenado a repetirla”. Hoy vivimos en un mundo que parece haber olvidado los errores -y horrores- del pasado.
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Reporter’s Notebook: GOP pushes election security bill despite slim odds, as Trump pressure looms

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«We have a unique moment in time here, right now, to address an issue that’s really fundamental,» said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Tuesday.
In just an hour, the Senate would launch debate on the SAVE America Act.
Longtime Congressional agriculture reporter Matt Kaye had just asked Thune why the Senate was willing to burn so much time on the bill – despite it apparently lacking the votes to pass.
Attendees listen to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaking at an «Only Citizens Vote» bus tour rally on passing the SAVE Act at Upper Senate Park outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
«Floor time is the coin of the realm,» observed Kaye. «How does it help you if you are using up valuable floor time by having an extended debate on this issue?»
Kaye then inquired why the Senate wouldn’t toil instead on a possible farm bill or even a supplemental spending plan for the war in Iran.
Kaye is on to something. Senate floor time is always at a premium. There are only so many floor hours available each week. But floor time isn’t the issue here. There’s only one thing which is more valuable in politics. And in this particular case for the GOP, it’s staying on the right side of President Trump.
TRUMP-BACKED SENATE HOPEFUL GAINS MOMENTUM WITH TOP GOP ENDORSEMENTS BEFORE MULLIN DHS SHIFT

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1, 2026. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
On Tuesday, the president proclaimed on Truth Social that the SAVE America Act is one of the «most important and consequential bills» in Congressional history. He added that he wouldn’t endorse any Republican who opposed the legislation.
Republicans say ID is essential to prove you’re a valid voter. However, the SAVE America Act goes further than that. It requires proof of citizenship – like a passport or birth certificate. That worries Michael Suggs, who lives in the Bronx, New York. He spoke to Fox’s Chelsea Torres.
«Your birth certificate? Social Security number when you show up at the polling place?» asked Suggs. «That might be a little unfair to certain people in this country, including myself. I don’t want to walk around with my birth certificate and my Social Security card. I’m a registered voter. I’ve been voting since I was 18 years old, and now I’m approaching 60. I don’t want that to be some kind of deliberate act to stop me from voting.»
The bill is now into its fourth day of debate – even if it’s doubtful the Senate has the votes to pass the measure. Democrats oppose the legislation. But the main problem lingers among members of the president’s party.
«Republicans by themselves don’t have the votes to get it passed,» said Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY).
She cited that some Republicans opposed the bill over differences about mail-in voting.
«It’s not a one size fits all process. And those challenges are not only apparent within the Democrat caucus. They’re apparent within the Republican caucus,» said Lummis.
There’s been a lot of chatter in the Senate lately about torching the filibuster, so the Senate can pass the bill. Breaking a filibuster requires 60 votes. So if the bill doesn’t have a simple majority, there is simply no universe where the measure can command 60.
Yours truly took this up with Thune.
«You don’t have 60 votes. Why go through this? Is this basically just a show?» I asked.
«We don’t know that we don’t have 60 votes yet. You’re making an assumption,» replied the South Dakota Republican.
«Multiple members of your conference say that there aren’t even 51 votes,» I followed up.
«Yeah. Well, you’re making an assumption that at the end of this debate that none of the Democrats will be won over. And I’m not saying that. I appreciate your skepticism. But I think it’s an important debate to have because it is an issue that is at the very core of elections in this country,» answered Thune.
The «60 vote» issue galls some Republicans. Especially on a subject like this which Republicans believe resonates with the electorate.
«If a body of 100 people can’t find 60 votes for an issue that’s an 80-20 issue, that’s a real disgrace,» said Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Penn., on Fox Business. «So we need to put the Democrats on the spot and have them defend this to their voters.»
THUNE REVEALS REASON DEMOCRATS ARE ‘SCARED’ TO REOPEN DHS

Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks during a campaign event at Desaki restaurant on Nov. 2, 2024, in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. McCormick is running against incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., in one of the country’s most expensive and closely watched Senate races. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Even if the SAVE America Act is on a parliamentary road to oblivion, one of its feeder ramps has a junction with the midterm election. Republicans believe they have the political upper hand on this. They can again hammer Democrats on illegal immigration – punctuated by what the president cites repeatedly as voter fraud. The GOP hopes to boomerang that on Democrats this fall.
Then, there are social issues – which Republicans hope to link to this measure, too.
Senate GOPers devised amendments which would block men from playing women’s sports, bar transgender surgeries for kids and nix many forms of mail-in voting. Opponents ask what two of those three have to do with election security. That’s why they could be poison pills.
«If those those amendments are made in order, doesn’t that bring down the threshold where you might have a chance of getting 51 votes?» I asked Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
«Let’s continue to work with leadership and see how all of this is going to proceed and what is going to be the best way to get these forward. I think the amendments are good amendments,» said Blackburn, not addressing the question.
Remember what Thune said about Republicans potentially peeling off some Democrats? Good luck.
«You’re somebody who sometimes bucks your party,» I queried Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn. «Why wouldn’t you side with the Republicans?»
«Well, they’ve turned it into an unserious kind of a Christmas tree and attaching all these other things to it. And now bashing mail-in voting. Absolutely, it’s secure. Florida loves it and uses it. Ohio does too,» said Fetterman.
Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., defended his state’s approach to sending in ballots.
«Almost 99 percent of Republican voters in Colorado voted by mail in 2025,» said Hickenlooper. «Vote by mail has proven to be less expensive, more secure, and people love it. That turnout just goes up. It’s perhaps the single most effective way to increase voter turnout today.»
But a vote related to the mail-in balloting amendment likely lacks the votes to pass and could tank the entire piece of legislation. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) says the vastness of Alaska presents problems for residents to provide proper papers.
THUNE ACCUSES CRITICS OF ‘CREATING FALSE EXPECTATIONS’ AMID BACKLASH OVER STALLED SAVE AMERICA ACT

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., panned conservatives’ and President Donald Trump’s desire to pass voter ID laws, and likened the push to one made by congressional Democrats years ago. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«If I happen to live here in Kotzebue, I’ve got to fly here to Nome to present my documentation. If I live in this Bethel community over here, I’m going all the way to Anchorage to present my documentation,» said Murkowski. «This is going to be costly on Alaskans. And again, these are people who are eligible to vote.»
Fox is told that Thune’s intention is to eventually move to terminate debate on the bill. That needs 60 yeas. There’s nowhere near 60 yeas to break a filibuster. That will kill the bill. Still, Thune might not do that until next week. Why? This is about making a show of things for the GOP base – even if they can’t pass the bill.
The Senate will veer away from the SAVE America Act on Sunday to break a filibuster on the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to become Homeland Security Secretary. Senators then vote to confirm Mullin sometime on Monday. After that, it’s back to the SAVE America Act.
Thune is probably willing to let the election security issue slog continue on the floor until there’s a deal to end the shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate is scheduled to leave town for the Easter and Passover recess for two weeks at the end of the month.
«It needs to get resolved by the end of next week,» said Thune of the DHS impasse. «I can’t see us taking a break if the government is still shut down.»
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., panned Senate Democrats for their resistance to a government funding extension, and blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for trying to appease his «far Left» base with threats of a shutdown. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
It’s not exactly a secret that any agreement to fund DHS would probably put a halt to debate on the SAVE America Act. Otherwise, Thune may be inclined to burn floor time on the president’s most important legislative goal – even if it goes nowhere. And a potential agreement to end the DHS stalemate would give him reason to cease action on the SAVE America Act.
Floor time is the coin of the realm. You can use it to get something done. Or to earn political capital among party loyalists and the president.
In this instance, Thune is trying to do both.
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