"This is not a budget resolution. It is a political weapon, and both sides know it."

"The shutdown targeted TSA and CBP primarily, affecting 53,000 security and customs personnel who work airports and borders."

"When TSA agents call in sick en masse—which they did during the 2019 shutdown—airports lose $100 million per day in lost economic activity."

"Every day of full TSA and CBP staffing is worth roughly $100 million to the US economy in uninterrupted commerce."

"The White House has 72 hours to decide whether to invoke emergency powers to keep ICE operational, or accept that deportations will slow sharply."

"If ICE cannot pay staff, it cannot conduct workplace raids, maintain detention facilities, or process deportations at scale. The agency will shift to emergency-response mode—handling only the most serious cases—which effectively lowers the floor for what constitutes 「serious」."

"If it does not, ICE detention capacity will drop below 20,000 beds within 30 days, and deportation rates will fall 40–50% within 60 days."