Here's what would happen if the Department of Homeland Security shut down

Congress has passed a short-term bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for another week. But it's still not clear whether it will be able to secure funding past that. So a department shutdown is no longer looking extremely likely, but it's still a possibility.

Some Republicans and members of the press have been trying to minimize the impact of the shutdown, by emphasizing the fact that 85 percent of DHS employees will still report to work (though they won't get paid until after the shutdown ends). Meanwhile, DHS...