Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends

In addition to the DHS funding bill, President Donald Trump also signed into law a short-term extension of the foreign spy program known as FISA.

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill that would fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the record 75-day shutdown of the sprawling federal agency.

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President Donald Trump, who had urged lawmakers to pass the bill, signed the measure into law Thursday afternoon, funding DHS agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the Secret Service through the end of September.

The bill does not provide new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Border Patrol, however, as Democrats demand changes to immigration enforcement. Both ICE and border enforcement had funding during the shutdown, and Republicans will try in the coming weeks to keep them funded for the rest of Trump’s term.