Even with a continuing-resolution path discussed toward a mid-December date, Homeland Security appropriators have not closed the ICE and DHS rider fight that dominated late-September talks. Clean-funding advocates want a stopgap without sweeping enforcement add-ons; hardliners want the House’s large immigration package — and related detention money — locked in before another short-term patch.

GAO’s detention-waste findings give Democrats a fresh oversight hook; deportation targets and border metrics give Republicans theirs. Leadership staff describe two tracks that refuse to merge: keep the lights on at TSA, FEMA, and CBP, versus legislating the shape of interior enforcement for the next fiscal stretch. That is why overnight wires still show no clean Monday DHS deal.

Historically, CR seasons bury policy fights in anomalies and side deals. Tuesday readers should watch manager’s packages, DHS witness tables, and whether GAO/IG recommendations become enforceable planning mandates. A CR that funds operations without settling ICE strategy would kick the same fight to the next daypart — exactly the carry this card flags.

Oversight and Hill coverage agree a CR path has not resolved DHS/ICE policy riders.

One camp wants clean stopgap operations funding; the other wants enforcement legislation attached before more time is bought.

Named reporting on this item includes CBS News, PBS NewsHour, and Washington Examiner. Prefer those links and primary documents over undated social clips when details shift.

A continuing resolution path toward mid-December has not settled Homeland Security fights. ICE funding, reform riders, and GAO waste findings remain live.

Hill and court timelines can slip; this card stays with what is already published and notes where next steps remain open.