DHS Funding Set to Expire as Security, Travel and World Cup Preparations Cling within the Steadiness

“Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is about to run out in days, and the House is getting ready to go away city with out fixing a disaster of its personal making. If the House walks away tomorrow, frontline DHS personnel will as soon as once more miss paychecks—undermining the very programs that defend Americans and hold our journey economic system transferring.

“Let’s be clear about what’s truly at stake. This isn’t nearly longer TSA traces—although vacationers ought to anticipate them. This is about public security, nationwide safety and World Cup readiness. More than 1,100 TSA officers have already walked out the door. Critical know-how deployments tied to World Cup preparation at the moment are unsure. Unpaid personnel at Customs and Border Protection, the Secret Service, cybersecurity and FEMA are being stretched dangerously skinny.

“We are 44 days from the biggest sporting occasion in American historical past and Washington is failing the American individuals.

“Enough. The stakes for our economy, our safety, and our standing in the world are too high for this to continue. Congress must fund DHS now—before they leave town.”