House vote ends record Homeland Security funding shutdown
6 sources covered this · see comparison → ⚠ Left-onlyThe US House of Representatives voted to restore funding for most of the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 76-day shutdown caused by a dispute over immigration enforcement. While the broader agency will now be funded, immigration operations like ICE and Border Patrol will be addressed separately through budget reconciliation. The resolution follows weeks of political deadlock, employee hardships, and scrutiny after a deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
- ▪The Department of Homeland Security operated without full funding for 76 days, marking the longest agency shutdown in US history.
- ▪The House passed the funding bill after Senate Republicans unanimously approved a bipartisan package a month earlier.
- ▪Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was dismissed by President Donald Trump amid the funding crisis and replaced with Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin.
- ▪House Republicans adopted a budget resolution to allocate $70 billion for immigration enforcement and deportations through 2029.
- ▪The funding impasse caused delays at airport security checkpoints and threatened pay for TSA and other DHS personnel.
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US Congress approves bill to end record Homeland Security funding shutdownTopic:World Politics22m ago22 minutes agoThu 30 Apr 2026 at 10:49pmThe deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis sparked protests and a reckoning in Washington over funding for Donald Trump's agenda. (Reuters: Tim Evans)In shortThe US House of Representatives has voted to restore funding for Homeland Security, ending a record shutdown.The department has been without funding for 76 days after Donald Trump's migrant deportation strategy fuelled the dispute.What's next?Politicians will now draft the $70 billion ICE and Border Patrol funding bill, which Mr Trump wants on his desk by June 1.
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