周五，密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金在该州以色列圣殿犹太教堂遭反犹袭击后的新闻发布会上表示，“国会当然必须为国土安全部提供资金”。
然而，斯洛特金和大多数参议院民主党人已四次投票阻止国土安全部资金到位，其中包括几次在谈判继续期间试图临时重新开放该机构的尝试。
斯洛特金只是呼吁结束停摆的几名参议院民主党人之一。共和党人认为，这些投票是民主党人更广泛策略的一部分，即指责共和党人阻挠重新开放国土安全部的努力。
民主党人不顾机场混乱和伊朗潜伏细胞威胁，投票维持国土安全部关闭
纽约州民主党参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默和参议院民主党人正在调整停摆策略，以重新开放国土安全部的大部分机构，并指责共和党人阻挠他们的努力。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
堪萨斯州共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔指责民主党人试图转移对停摆的责任。
“嗯，他们就是这么做的，对吧？而且他们很擅长这么做。他们真的很擅长，”他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“最大的区别是，90%的传统媒体都支持他们。”
“这很难，但同样，今天下午民主党人第四次投票反对为国土安全部提供资金，”他继续说道。
参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（D-N.Y.）指责共和党人将国土安全部下属多个机构的联邦雇员，如运输安全管理局（TSA）和联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）的工作人员作为“人质”。
“我提醒我的共和党同事们，我们会一次又一次地回到这里，赢得这场辩论，并最终赢得美国人民的支持，”舒默说。
但斯洛特金和其他人现在表示愿意为海关与边境保护局（CBP）提供资金，而许多民主党人此前曾试图拒绝为该局及移民与海关执法局（ICE）提供联邦资金。
“在我看来，我们需要抛开关于移民与海关执法局的所有讨论，这是另一个独立的话题，”斯洛特金在新闻发布会上说。
弗吉尼亚州民主党人在与奥多明尼昂大学发生与ISIS相关的枪击事件及非法移民谋杀案后，仍坚持国土安全部资金立场
10月23日周四，密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金在美国国会投票时被拍到。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/国会-滚动呼叫公司通过盖蒂图片社）
共和党人严厉批评民主党人在全国发生一系列与恐怖主义相关的袭击以及美国-以色列冲突中伊朗带来的威胁环境加剧的情况下，仍拒绝为国土安全部提供资金。
上周，纽约市发生一起据称受ISIS启发的炸弹阴谋，弗吉尼亚州诺福克市老多米尼昂大学发生一起涉及一名已定罪的伊斯兰国支持者的致命枪击事件，震惊了全国。
弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳在周四投票反对该部门全年拨款后表示，他支持为国土安全部提供资金。
“我认为我们应该这么做，”华纳在周日接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者玛格丽特·布伦南采访时，被问及民主党人是否应该打破僵局时回答道。
“我们提出的方案是，让我们为运输安全管理局、联邦紧急事务管理局、海岸警卫队、网络安全与基础设施安全局提供资金，我甚至会说让我们为海关与边境巡逻队提供资金，”华纳说。“如果我们无法就移民与海关执法局的改革达成一致，那就让我们为其他所有人提供资金。”
凯蒂·布里特抨击民主党人在机场混乱期间拿停摆玩“政治游戏”
周二，2026年2月10日，阿拉巴马州共和党参议员凯蒂·布里特在华盛顿特区国会山参加参议院司法委员会边境安全与移民小组委员会听证会。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社通过盖蒂图片社）
然而，目前尚不清楚是否有足够多的民主党人愿意在仍就移民与海关执法局改革进行谈判以结束停摆的同时，为海关与边境保护局提供资金。到目前为止，宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼是唯一一位跨越党派界限，支持全年国土安全部拨款法案的民主党人。
“民主党人的立场很简单：我们希望对移民与海关执法局和边境巡逻队进行改革，”华盛顿州民主党参议员帕蒂·默里周四在参议院发言时表示。“我们也希望为运输安全管理局和联邦紧急事务管理局提供资金——但我们不会被敲诈，被迫为移民与海关执法局开出一张空白支票来结束停摆。”
参议院共和党人拒绝了民主党人除处理移民执法的机构外，为国土安全部其他所有机构提供资金的尝试。
阿拉巴马州共和党参议员凯蒂·布里特上周阻挠了默里为国土安全部非移民部分提供资金的努力。
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共和党人抵制部分重新开放国土安全部的努力，与此同时，白宫与民主党人的谈判陷入停滞。
“议员们需要进入一个房间，进行艰难的对话，并找出一条对美国人民有利的道路，”布里特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“他们的安全和保障在11月应该比政治更重要，不幸的是，民主党人继续试图劫持人质。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道报道美国参议院的记者。
Senate Democrats say they want to end the government shutdown but have repeatedly blocked GOP attempts to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as they push for immigration enforcement reforms.
On Friday, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said at a news conference following an antisemitic attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in her state that “certainly” Congress must fund DHS.
However, Slotkin and most Senate Democrats have voted four times to block DHS funding, including several attempts to temporarily reopen the agency while negotiations continue.
Slotkin is just one of several Senate Democrats calling for an end to the shutdown. Republicans argue the votes are part of a broader Democratic strategy to blame them for blocking efforts to reopen DHS.
DEMS VOTE TO KEEP DHS CLOSED DESPITE AIRPORT CHAOS, IRANIAN SLEEPER CELL THREAT
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats are shifting their shutdown strategy to reopen most of DHS, and blaming Republicans for blocking their efforts.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., accused Democrats of trying to shift blame for the shutdown.
“Well, that’s what they do, right? And they’re good at it. They’re really good at it,” he told Fox News Digital. “And the big difference is they have 90% of the legacy media backing them up.”
“So it’s hard, but again, four times this afternoon, the Democrats voted against funding DHS,” he continued.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Republicans of using the federal workers of a variety of agencies under DHS, like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as “hostages.”
“I remind my Republican colleagues, we’re going to be back here again and again, winning this debate and eventually winning the American people,” Schumer said.
But Slotkin and others are now signaling an openness to funding Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which many Democrats have sought to deny federal funding to, in addition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“We need, in my view, to cut away all the conversation on ICE, which is its own conversation,” Slotkin said at the news conference.
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS DIG IN ON DHS FUNDING LINE DESPITE ISIS-LINKED SHOOTING AT ODU, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MURDER
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Republicans have sharply criticized Democrats for denying funding to DHS despite a series of terror-related attacks across the country and a heightened threat environment amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran.
An alleged ISIS-inspired bomb plot in New York City and a deadly shooting involving a convicted Islamic State supporter at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, rocked the country last week.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said he supports funding DHS after voting against full-year appropriations for the department Thursday.
“I think we should,” Warner replied when asked if Democrats should break the deadlock by CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on Sunday.
“What we have offered is let’s pay TSA, let’s pay FEMA, let’s pay … the Coast Guard, let’s pay CISA. I’d even say let’s pay Customs and Border Patrol,” Warner said. “If we can’t agree on ICE reforms, let’s pay everybody else.”
KATIE BRITT BLASTS DEMOCRAT FOR PLAYING ‘POLITICAL GAMES’ WITH SHUTDOWN AMID AIRPORT CHAOS
Sen. Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama, attends a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
However, it is not clear that enough Democrats would be willing to fund CBP while still negotiating reforms to ICE to end the shutdown. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has been the lone Democrat so far to cross-party lines and support a full-year DHS appropriations bill.
“Democrats’ position is simple: we want reforms to rein in ICE and Border Patrol,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said on the Senate floor Thursday. “We also want TSA and FEMA funded — but we are not going to be blackmailed into cutting a blank check for ICE to get it done.”
Senate Republicans have rejected Democrats’ attempts to fund every agency under DHS except for those handling immigration enforcement.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., last week blocked an effort by Murray to fund the non-immigration portions of DHS.
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Republicans’ resistance to efforts to partially reopen the agency comes as negotiations between the White House and Democrats have stalled.
“Members need to get in a room, have tough conversations, and figure out a pathway for the American people,” Britt told Fox News Digital. “Their safety and security should matter more than politics in November, and unfortunately, Democrats continue to try to take hostages.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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