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Thune Says Republicans Have Given Their ‘Last and Final’ Offer to End DHS Shutdown

At the center of the dispute is Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as Democrats demand reforms to the DHS agency.
Thune Says Republicans Have Given Their ‘Last and Final’ Offer to End DHS Shutdown
Travelers wait in a TSA PreCheck line at Miami International Airport on March 17, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Republicans have given Democrats their “last and final” offer to end the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and subsidiary agencies.

“Enough is enough,” Thune said.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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