Record #7773
The federal government will shut down because Democrats try to defund ICE in the January 2026 funding fight.
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Occurrence 1 of 1 · source record #7773 Bannon War Room · Episode 5065: Using Local Sheriffs To Save The States; Trump Policies Spearhead Economic Growth
Original quoteBefore that on 20 January, if we head down this path, the Democratic Democrats are going to try to shut down ICE by defunding it. And so I think we're going to a government shutdown, but that's fine.
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How the call settles
YES if a lapse in federal appropriations begins by January 31, 2026 and the unresolved funding of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security is a material cause; NO if no such funding lapse begins by that date.
Our reasoning
YES on the research record because A federal funding lapse began January 31, 2026 after the Senate rejected a combined 6-bill appropriations package on January 29 over the DHS/ICE-CBP accountability dispute following the killing of Alex Pretti by a CBP agent; the Senate then split off DHS into a 2-week continuing resolution, but the House could not pass the revised package until February 3 under the 72-hour rule, so a lapse in appropriations occurred.... Applied stored rule: YES if a lapse in federal appropriations begins by January 31, 2026 and the unresolved funding of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security is a material cause; NO if no such funding lapse begins by that date.
Outcome evidence
A federal funding lapse began January 31, 2026 after the Senate rejected a combined 6-bill appropriations package on January 29 over the DHS/ICE-CBP accountability dispute following the killing of Alex Pretti by a CBP agent; the Senate then split off DHS into a 2-week continuing resolution, but the House could not pass the revised package until February 3 under the 72-hour rule, so a lapse in appropriations occurred with DHS/ICE funding as a material, proximate cause.
Outcome date: 2026-01-31
Verdict recorded: 2026-08-12
Basis: research