Within the two years that President Donald Trump has been president there has been 2 government shutdowns. The first, Saturday, January 20, 2018, and ended on the evening of Monday, January 22. The second was  from midnight EST on December 22, 2018 until January 25, 2019 (35 days), the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, which is on going currently at a stand still.

The president’s standoff with Democrats on Capitol Hill is far from over and the clock is ticking. The spending bill President Donald Trump signed on Friday funds the government agencies that had been shut down for 35 days only until Feb. 15.

The whole reason behind the shutdown is President Trump demands more than $5 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats of the House continue to disagree to any new money for it.

From the moment President Trump went into office many complications have raised. One of the most known ones was the Nuclear weapons battle between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Another was the 35 day government shut down.

The shut down is the longest in history and has caused more damage than you could imagine.

“I have been relying on my wife to pay the bills since I haven’t been payed” Stated ICE agent Kevin Sattler.

Nearly 800,000 government workers missed their paycheck when the government shutdown extended into its 35th day. Many of these workers had no idea when they will be paid and turned to local food banks and charities for essentials they could no longer afford, things such as: groceries, medical care and other critical expenses were no longer accessible to those who serve people on a daily basis.

However, many non profit organizations stepped in to help workers get through the longest-ever government shutdown. Providing them  with food and basic toiletries.

A few weeks ago, GoFundMe announced its own fundraiser for government workers after a wave of unpaid workers started individually asking for money in wake of the shutdown.

GoFundMe matched the initial $10,000 donation from alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra and started a campaign that provided relief for government workers. Donations were distributed across a handful of nonprofit organizations offering assistance to government workers.

Nearly 5,000 people have contributed more than $355,000 within five days to the GoFundMe campaign for Government workers.

Aside from government workers, people who relied on government support were not getting the resources they needed such as section 8 and EBT stamps. Students who had fee lunch no longer could buy lunch, Criminal Investigations stopped and so did many other government functions. However, the people who relied on government saw the worst part of the shut down.

“I wasn’t able to by groceries or basic supplies and I worried about how my rent was going to get paid.” Said Michelle Raveneau when asked about how the shutdown affected her.

Another shutdown would devastate families far more than what they have already gone through.

If the shutdown continues, 38 million low-income Americans lose food stamps. 6 million face an uncertain timetable for collecting tax refunds. 2 million without rental assistance and facing possible eviction. And countless federal employees will be without pay once again.