Senate Dems refusing to budge on DHS funding may cause headache for World Cup travelers

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Richard Durbin, D-Ill., lambasts DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over detentions of DACA recipients during a Tuesday hearing in Washington.

The World Cup is about 100 days from officially kicking off across North America, and for those traveling around the U.S. to watch the matches, the grappling between Senate Democrats and the White House over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is poised to make a major impact should the issue keep playing out as it is.

DHS has been without funding for the last two weeks as negotiations between Senate Democrats and President Trump’s administration have stalled. A White House official told Fox News Digital last week that a "serious" offer was made to Senate Democrats, but nothing was agreed upon. On Tuesday, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem faced a grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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United States fans prior to the United States playing Jamaica during leg two of the 2024 Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals at Citypark on Nov. 18, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. (Bill Barrett/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)

Still, the two sides appeared to remain deadlocked even as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called on Democrats to hammer out a deal this week.

As the DHS warned Americans of lone wolf terror attacks in the U.S. due to the conflict in Iran, it’s World Cup fans who are likely to be looking to escape political minutia for a month that could be affected the most.

Trump’s White House Task Force that was established to coordinate the events with FIFA around the World Cup was administered out of the DHS, leaving several American host cities slated to put on critical matches