Members of the Kansas congressional delegation continued to express strong opposition over the weekend to President Barack Obama’s immigration policy as part of a political battle that is threatening to shut down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Late Friday, the U.S. House and Senate passed a funding bill that keeps the agency operating for another week. But the House and Senate are at odds over whether funding for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, should be tied to legislation blocking Obama’s recent executive orders on immigration.

The vote in the House was 357-60.

The vote in the Senate was 68-31.

DHS is an umbrella agency that includes U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It also includes the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard and the U.S. Secret Service.

Reps. Lynn Jenkins of Topeka and Mike Pompeo, both of Wichita, voted for the measure, while Reps. Kevin Yoder of Overland Park and Tim Huelskamp of Fowler voted no. Both Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran voted against the bill in the Senate. All of those members are Republicans.

In November, Obama issued an executive order that effectively protects an estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. They include certain children who arrived in the country and adults who are not U.S. citizens but are the parents of citizens or legal immigrants.

Many Republicans have said those orders amount to a kind of amnesty for illegal immigrants and an overreach of presidential authority. But the White House has maintained that it had legal authority to issue the order and that the order was a reasonable way to prioritize enforcement efforts in the absence of congressional action on comprehensive immigration reform.

“I do not support the president’s unlawful executive overreach with regard to immigration,” said Jenkins, whose district includes Lawrence. “Last week’s House vote allows Congress to continue that fight without jeopardizing funding for the rest of the critical work of the Department of Homeland Security. The number one priority of the government is to protect and defend our homeland, and the House bill prevented a DHS shutdown without funding the President’s unlawful executive overreach.”

The one-week extension bill passed late Friday after the House defeated a bill that would have kept the agency running for three more weeks.

“President Obama’s executive amnesty is wrong, it has been rejected by the American people, and, according to a federal court, it is illegal,” Roberts said in a statement Friday. “When I was elected, I swore to uphold the Constitution. That is an oath I take very seriously and I cannot support a bill that funds the President’s illegal executive order.”

Sen. Jerry Moran’s office did not respond to a request for comment.