The federal government is nearing a partial shutdown , with a range of effects on public services and the broader U.S. economy.
Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities. Other functions — like NASA’s space missions, Trump’s immigration crackdown and certain public health work at FDA and the USDA — would continue.
Here is a look at some of what agencies are planning:
Homeland Security, immigration enforcement would proceed mostly as-is
Most Department of Homeland Security employees would continue to work, reflecting the fact that so much of the department’s workforce is connected to law enforcement or works in areas funded by user fees as opposed to Congressional appropriations.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a plan publ