Negotiations to end funding standoff sparked by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown fail to find a breakthrough

Workers are ‘in the middle of chaos from political games’ as Senate Republicans try to negotiate with Democrats to reopen DHS

The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February over Democratic concerns about its immigration enforcement policies.

Negotiations to end funding standoff sparked by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown fail to find a breakthrough

Lawmakers are stalled on funding the Department of Homeland Security as airport delays mount.

The Senate reached an agreement to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. The deal still has to pass the House of Representatives.

The late-night vote is a step towards bringing the 40-day partial shutdown - and long security lines at US airports - to an end.

The deal would mean TSA staff, who screen airport passengers, baggage and cargo, would start being paid for the first time since mid-February

Airport security agents have not been paid in more than a month due to a congressional impasse, causing travel chaos across the US.