DHS shutdown enters third week

The Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded as Senate Democrats demand ICE reforms following the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis. Coast Guard personnel work without guaranteed pay. FEMA suspends non-disaster response. Global Entry shutters. X (Twitter) splits between those who see Democratic obstruction and those who see accountability for state violence.

The gap: the shootings that triggered the shutdown—Alex Pretti, Renee Nicole Good—have already faded from the discourse. The funding mechanism is being processed; the deaths are not.