The Secret Service surveils the desert from land and air along the U.S.-Mexico border Aug. 22, 2024, south of Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
"While these critical operations continue, Democrats are forcing many of our nearly 200,000 frontline officers, emergency responders and employees to continue secur[ing] the Homeland without pay," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
"Far-left politicians demonize our employees every day, which has led to a 1,000% increase in assault[s] on our law enforcement. Now they are holding hostage their family’s finances and jeopardizing their welfare. This is unacceptable."
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As of Tuesday afternoon, a government shutdown seems likely and would be the first since the end of 2018 and entering 2019 during President Donald Trump’s first term. There were also lengthy shutdowns during the Obama and Clinton administrations.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, dismissed the girl murdered by an MS-13 migrant as a "random dead person" in a House Judiciary Committee markup. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect the Affordable Care Act. A shutdown puts ACA tax credits at risk—and in Texas, premiums could jump 289%, costing families $459 more each year," Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, posted to X Tuesday.
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"They passed up multiple chances to extend them in the Big Beautiful Bill; they chose not to. Families shouldn't have to pay the price for their political games."
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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