The risk of government shutdown in the US intensifies as the Democratic Party threatens to block the funding bill unless funds for the Department of Homeland Security are removed.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vows that unless Republicans agree to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security, he will block the passage of a large-scale appropriations bill next week, significantly increasing the risk of a partial government shutdown in the United States. Schumer made the statement on the same day as protests erupted in Minnesota over immigration enforcement actions. Democratic opposition to the appropriations bill could not only affect the Department of Homeland Security, but also the Department of Defense, Department of Labor, Department of Education, Department of State, Department of Treasury, and Department of Health and Human Services. The impact would be widespread, including a delay in the release of the next report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.