US shutdown ends as Congress passes bill

January 23, 2018 08:29

United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that ends the government shutdown.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are expected to return to work on Tuesday morning, after spending the day Monday on furlough.

The Democrats on Monday reached an agreement with the Republicans to have a debate on immigration so as to end the ongoing federal government shutdown which lasted for three days.

The government is now most likely to reopen latest by Tuesday.

Trump welcomed Democrats' decision to relent and said the administration would "work toward solving the problem of very unfair illegal immigration."

"I am pleased that Democrats in Congress have come to their senses," he added in a statement.

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