Congress to Okay Bill Preventing DHS Shut-Down

It appears the Department of Homeland Security will stay up and running at least for another three weeks.

Congress is poised to approve a temporary DHS funding bill Friday, even though it contains President Barack Obama's immigration policies that Republicans have vowed to repeal.

Republicans are set to pass the measure despite their objections because not passing it would cause the agency to shut down at midnight Friday.

At a time when terror threats are high, Republicans don't want to risk angering the American people by denying DHS funding.

A shut-down would mean tens of thousands of DHS employees would not report to work. However, 200,000 so-called "essential" DHS employees would still be required to report for duty, although they would not be paid until funding is approved.

The fight over DHS funding will resume in late March when the temporary funding bill expires.

Republicans don't want to fund DHS unless the president's provision to delay deportation of illegal immigrants is taken out of the measure to fund the department.