Republicans were put under pressure in the United States to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as the Democrats stated that they would not negotiate on any measure that sought to block U S immigration policies.

One of the Senate Minority leaders stated that if they sent a bill over with all the riders in it then they would have effectively shut down the government, and if they wanted to debate over immigration policies when everything else was over the Senate Minority leaders would be happy to do so. Funding measures would have expired after Friday for the Homeland Security agency as the Senate was already moving ahead on a plan to finance the Department. One of the majority leaders said that he would work towards getting the bill to the House by the end of the week.

It was reported that Republicans in the House had refused to consider a spending bill unless it also blocked President Obama’s orders on immigration in November. The Senate also planned to address issues on immigration in a separate bill.

There have been reports that Americans were becoming increasingly skeptical and nervous about terrorist activities in the country – just the other day 3 residents in New York city were charged with trying to support the Islamic state, or ISIL. People were asking as to why the country was not equipped with the ability to protect itself when terrorists had a lot of arms as well as money, some Senate members stated.