Trump praises ICE agents he sent to US airports and again suggests deploying national guard amid DHS shutdown – as it happened
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Top officials at agencies affected by the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown are testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The lapse in funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has lasted 40 days with little end in sight.
During opening remarks, the Republican chair of the House homeland security committee, Andrew Garbarino, said that the shutdown has caused massive disruptions" across airports, weakened our nation's cybersecurity posture" and left states unsupported with less than 100 days until the start of major events across the United States, such as FIFA World Cup".
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