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Christian Britschgi | 5.1.2026 9:30 AM

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DHS funded. Congress has passed a spending bill that ends the monthslong shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Thursday, the House approved a bill that funds the department—except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

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The 76-day shutdown began in February, when Democrats refused to fully fund the department after immigration officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. Before they would send the agency money, the no voters wanted reforms, including requirements that immigration officers wear body cameras and get judicial warrants before entering private property.

To keep the lights on, the Trump administration continued to pay for immigration enforcement out of other pots of money. With that cash running low, the Senate passed a bipartisan funding bill in March that excluded immigration enforcement.

That measure stalled in the House under opposition from conservatives who opposed any DHS funding bill that did not include immigration enforcement money.

But yesterday, the House approved the measure, after Senate Republicans started a reconciliation process that will allow them to pass a DHS funding bill with their bare majority.

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