The House passed a DHS funding bill sending it to President Trump, ending the longest shutdown on record while leaving immigration enforcement unfunded for now.
A long-running government shutdown that dragged on for weeks is finally ending, after the House approved funding for much of the Department of Homeland Security and moved the measure to President Donald Trump.
In a Thursday vote, the House backed a bipartisan package that finances many DHS operations, but not immigration enforcement functions. The legislation now heads to the president for his signature, bringing an end to what Misryoum describes as the longest shutdown in U.S. agency history.
The White House had warned that temporary funding previously used to keep parts of the federal government running would soon expire. raising concerns about disruptions that could spill into travel and airport operations.. That pressure, Misryoum notes, helped intensify urgency in negotiations as staffing and services faced additional uncertainty.
The House vote itself came quickly, with members approving the bill without a formal roll call. Still, the outcome reflects an ongoing pattern of political friction in Congress: even when the Senate clears a deal, divisions in the House can delay action.
Democrats had refused to fund U.S.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol unless those operations received changes following fatal shootings of two U.S.. citizens during protests in Minneapolis.. Republicans. in turn. would not agree to a plan that funded Transportation Security Administration and other DHS components while leaving ICE and Border Patrol without money.
That standoff is now being pushed into the next phase. Misryoum reports that Republicans decided to address immigration enforcement funding separately through budget reconciliation, a more complex process that can move more quickly under specific rules.
Meanwhile, Republicans’ approach is already shaping how lawmakers frame the agreement. While House Republicans moved to unlock broader DHS funding, several members argued that isolating immigration-related resources is disrespectful to the personnel who work in ICE and Border Patrol.
The larger takeaway is that even after a shutdown ends, the underlying dispute over immigration enforcement funding has not disappeared. Instead, it has been rerouted into another legislative track, suggesting Congress could face renewed pressure as reconciliation work moves forward.