The House passed a reconciliation funding bill to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol on Tuesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk.

The vote passed 214-212 after Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., switched his vote from no to yes, The Hill reported. The $70 billion budget package came in the wake of the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which ended after Congress passed a DHS funding bill without the money for the immigration enforcement agencies.

Republicans later opted for a reconciliation package, which allowed the incumbent party to bypass the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold. The upper chamber passed the measure in a 52-47 vote.

Both agencies were funded under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and operations continued throughout the lapse of the traditional funding.

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