with the department of homeland security<u+2019>s funding set to expire feb. 27, sen. ted cruz (r., texas) complained that gop leaders lacked a strategy for how to proceed and blamed a larger funding bill approved in december for putting his party in a <u+201c>box canyon.<u+201d>









congress remains splintered over how to fund dhs, which runs the secret service, border patrol agencies, as well as airport and port security, among other things.









meanwhile, dhs secretary jeh johnson told cnn on sunday that failing to extend funding for the agency would mean 30,000 employees at his agency would be sent home indefinitely without pay. he suggested the white house was unwilling to negotiate a dhs funding bill if any changes to the immigration policy were part of the discussions.
cruz says fate of homeland security in gop leadership<u+2019>s hands
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