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LIZ PEEK: Voters tell Congress 'do your job' and end the DHS showdown

The American public is nearing the boiling point, furious at both parties for not resolving the DHS funding roadblock.

By Liz Peek Fox News

Published March 24, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Americans are furious, and rightly so.

Squabbling between Democrats and Republicans in Congress has led to a partial shutdown of our government and a whole lot of aggravation for millions of Americans traveling for spring break. It is an outrage.

Democrats refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, to show their anger over deportation activities in Minnesota that left two protesters dead. But ICE has been funded through 2029; Democrats’ stubbornness is pointless, but painful. Cutting off monies flowing to the Transportation Security Administration and other parts of the DHS that have nothing to do with border control, has crippled airport security.

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Republicans refuse to cater to Democrat showboating; they are blocking attempts to fund only those parts of the DHS that Hakeem Jeffries and his colleagues will agree to, which includes the TSA.

I say — fix this. As wait times in airports extend to multiple hours, with security lines snaking around terminals, Congress needs to do its job.

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