US President Donald Trump has signed bipartisan legislation to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the longest agency shutdown.
The decision came on Thursday after the US House passed the bill to fund DHS agencies, including the Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration, in a move to end the partial shutdown that has gripped their operations for nearly 11 weeks.
DHS has been without routine funds since February 14, causing hardship for workers, though much of Trump's immigration agenda, which is central to the dispute, is being funded separately.
The package doesn't include funds for immigration enforcement operations.
The package had languished in the House, despite being approved without opposition last month in the Senate, as Republicans revolted, forcing a separate path for the immigration funds.
Once that was launched this week, it cleared the way to fund the rest of homeland security, whose employees risked losing paychecks in May.
Weeks of turmoil
DHS counts some 260,000 employees, across TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA and other operations.
Many workers have endured repeated turmoil with potential furloughs and missed paychecks in May as the congressional stalemate dragged on.
This shutdown came on the heels of last year's governmentwide closure, which itself had set a record at 43 days. Countless employees have struggled with bills or simply quit their jobs.
The standoff stemmed from a dispute over the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both US citizens, by ICE.
Democrats refused to fund US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol without changes to those operations.
