Senate Republicans are warning that the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown is unfolding at a dangerous moment for national security, as intelligence officials monitor potential Iranian retaliation and sleeper-cell activity inside the United States.
Federal officials have raised concerns that Iran may attempt to activate sleeper cells or carry out attacks on U.S. soil as the war with the Islamic Republic intensifies.
Despite those warnings, Senate Democrats again blocked an effort to reopen DHS this week, prolonging a partial shutdown that has now stretched nearly four weeks.
