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The planned vote is unlikely to end the funding impasse as long security lines at US airports continue.
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The vote, which would fund DHS including its immigration agencies through to 22 May, comes hours after Republicans rejected a deal passed by the Senate to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
TSA agents, who manage security in US airports, have not been paid in more than a month due to the congressional impasse. Many airports have seen long delays.
The House bill is unlikely to be signed into law, as Democrats have pushed to halt funding to immigration agencies covered under DHS without reforms.
The House is planning to vote on the measure late on Friday. If approved, it would then head to the Senate for approval, though Democrats there have already signalled they will not support it.
With Congress about to take a two-week break, funding for the DHS - which includes TSA agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency - appears unlikely to pass any time soon.
As the impasse continued, President Donald Trump signed an order directing his administration to pay hundreds of airport security agents, many of whom have been working without pay, calling in sick or quitting.
The move, though, may be met with legal and political challenges, as the US Constitution tasks Congress with authorising spending for the federal government.
Democrats have refused to agree to a funding deal without reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but the Senate reached unanimous agreement to pass a bill early on Friday after stripping ICE and parts of border protection from the measure.
House Republicans have indicated they will not support legislation without funding for immigration enforcement and voter ID requirements.
"Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement," Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
But Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday that the
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