By a vote of 217 to 214, members of the House of Representatives passed a package containing five bills to end the government shutdown, and it now goes to President Donald Trump's desk awaiting his signature.

This legislation will ensure funding for government agencies federal until the end of September.

The vote on the bill had been delayed a day because Democrats planned not to provide the necessary number of votes to pass it.

However, 21 Democrats voted, along with 196 of their Republican colleagues, to send the proposed package to the president.

In contrast, 21 conservative legislators decided to break with their party and joined the opposition to the bills.

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, had to persuade the Republican conference to support an agreement that will only provide temporary funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The controversy surrounding this point stems from Democrats' demands for reforms regarding the operations carried out by immigration enforcement agencies to detain undocumented immigrants considered dangerous to the rest of the citizenry, which will be analyzed in more detail in the coming days.

“This is not the time to play games with those funds. We expect them to act in good faith for the next 10 days,” Johnson said.

It should be noted that if lawmakers fail to reach an agreement to fund DHS, another partial shutdown could occur later this month.

Such a scenario would affect the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection (CAPA), the Secret Service, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The approved projects provide funding for some actions that are priorities on Donald Trump's agenda, such as salary increases for military personnel and investments in aviation security. The controversial point is that, to achieve a balance, funding for international aid programs previously provided by the Washington government has been drastically cut. For the time being, it has been guaranteed that the Pentagon, the Departments of Education, Treasury, Labor, and State will have the necessary resources to operate until the end of the fiscal year. “We finalized genuine, bipartisan, bicameral bills to fully fund our government in a member-driven, district-centered way. Funding the government is not optional. It is our most fundamental responsibility in Congress,” declared Republican Tom Cole, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Now, to ensure that Democratic leaders are on the same page before negotiating with Republicans about the changes to operations DHS immigration secretary Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, will meet later with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.