Immigration News - United States House measure funds DHS for another week Share this article LinkedIn Facebook X (Twitter) March 2, 2015 A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security was averted late Friday night when the U.S. House of Representatives passed a compromise measure that will fund the agency until midnight Friday. Congress must vote again on Friday to keep the agency running. In the event of a shutdown, many DHS operations would continue running, including processing of visa applications and petitions and all Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. However, employers would most likely not be able to use E-Verify during a DHS shutdown. The DHS funding dispute stems from President Barack Obama’s immigration executive actions in November that would provide relief from deportation to approximately 5 million undocumented immigrants. Congressional Republicans sought to scuttle the plan by defunding DHS. The Senate passed a “clean” bill to fund DHS through the end of the fiscal year without immigration attachments, but a House measure to fund DHS for three weeks failed. The one-week funding measure passed as a stopgap. Copyright © 2016 Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. All rights reserved. Reprinting or digital redistribution to the public is permitted only with the express written permission of Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. For inquiries please contact copyright@bal.com.