U.S. Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends after more than two months; Trump signs budget bill

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[Financial News] The shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had partially suspended operations, has ended after more than 70 days.
The White House said on the 30th, local time, that President Donald John Trump signed the Department of Homeland Security temporary appropriations bill that had passed the United States House of Representatives (the House).
The bill passed by the House on the day provides funding through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. It was approved by a voice vote, with lawmakers unanimously shouting their support.
Earlier, on March 27, the United States Senate passed the department's annual budget bill, which included noncontroversial funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the United States Secret Service (USSS).
However, the Republican Party, which holds the majority in the House, opposed the measure, arguing that it must also include funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the United States Border Patrol under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As a result, the bill had been unable to clear Congress.
The bill that passed this time still does not include funding for ICE or the Border Patrol. Even so, the Republican Party agreed to move forward after choosing a workaround ordered by Trump that would separately fund those agencies.
Under the budget reconciliation process, Republicans are seeking a separate bill that would bypass the Democratic Party's filibuster and provide $70 billion in funding for the two agencies through the end of Trump's term.
A bill needs support from 60 of the Senate's 100 members to pass, so Republicans alone, with 53 seats, cannot do it on their own. But under budget reconciliation, only a simple majority is needed.
Mike Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, told reporters at the Capitol, "We must make sure that the two core agencies for immigration enforcement and the border are fully funded, and Republicans have to do that ourselves."
Trump has also urged Congress to pass the ICE and Border Patrol funding bill, which would go through budget reconciliation, by June 1.
The shutdown began on Feb. 14 after a dispute between the two parties over tough immigration policy was triggered by the deaths of two civilians in Minnesota, who were shot by immigration enforcement officers, and the budget bill ultimately failed to pass.
Previously, from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12 last year, parts of the Federal Government of the United States were shut down for 43 days, the longest shutdown on record. Although this latest case involved only one department, it has now broken that record.
The prolonged shutdown left TSA employees unpaid and caused a major security screening disruption at airports nationwide. Kristi Noem, the former United States Secretary of Homeland Security, was also the first Cabinet member to be dismissed after the launch of Trump's second administration.
rsunjun@fnnews.com Yoo Seon-jun Reporter