The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is currently being affected by a congressional budget dispute, resulting in various branches including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Democrats have insisted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must undergo significant reform before any budget is approved, while the TSA has not. This has resulted in long wait times at airports across the country. The White House has called on Democrats to stop playing politics with homeland security. The partial DHS shutdown has left key operations stretched thin and the effects are immediately felt by families trying to get through security checkpoints. The situation is self-inflicted, with Democrats focusing on immigration enforcement rather than passing the funding needed for core security agencies.