The record-long shutdown is coming to an end. The security ministry will get the money

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to finance most of the activities of the Department of Homeland Security. After President Donald Trump signs the legal act, the record-breaking 76-day shutdown (paralysis) of this ministry will end.

The impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been ongoing since February. The resort includes, among others: Immigration and Border Protection (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Democrats blocked the adoption of the new budget, demanding thorough reforms in the activities of the ICE immigration service.

The bill passed by acclamation on Thursday does not include funding for ICE and CBP. Republicans will try to pass funding for these agencies separately. Regardless, ICE has funding for its operations for the next few years thanks to a bill passed by Congress earlier (One Big Beautiful Bill Act). CBP is similarly funded.

The bill was previously adopted by the Senate; now the document will go to the president's desk. Trump's signing of the bill will end the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history. According to a White House representative, the legal act will be signed on Thursday.

One of the effects of the shutdown were long queues at airport check-ins. Many TSA employees left their jobs or were furloughed because they were not paid due to the shutdown. In March, Trump ordered the payment of back wages to TSA employees who provide airport security.

From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)

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