If an agreement is not reached, a partial government shutdown would halt the operations of departments such as Defense, Health, Education, Transportation, Treasury, and State, as well as other federal agencies. The United States government faces another imminent partial shutdown this Thursday, following the decision by Democratic senators to oppose the budget package that would include funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Senate is scheduled to take the first procedural vote on a funding package including DHS funding tomorrow. Let me be clear: Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled, the DHS funding bill won’t have the votes to pass the Senate. The United States experienced, beginning on October 1, 2015, and lasting for 43 days, the longest government shutdown in national history.