Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and Border Patrol, in bid to end 40-day shutdown

WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed unanimously early Friday to fund the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations.

Senators approved the package at 2:20 a.m by voice vote following a marathon session, hours after President Donald Trump announced that he would sign an order to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration officers.

The funding lapse has seen them go without pay, leading many to call out of work and causing extreme delays at airports of up to four hours.

Travelers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston on March 9.Mark Felix / Bloomberg via Getty Images

The deal followed arduous bipartisan negotiations that occurred in fits and starts over the last six weeks. It is expected to have Trump’s support but faces an uncertain future in the House.

It would fund all of DHS except ICE Enforcement and Removal