WASHINGTON — The Senate reached a deal on Wednesday on funding for the Department of Homeland Security, shifting the focus back on the House to prevent the agency from shutting down on Friday.
Senate Democratic leaders announced after a caucus meeting that they had agreed to an offer put forward Tuesday by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Under the arrangement, the Senate will vote to fund DHS without any measures to block President Barack Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration, which have stood in the way of getting through funding legislation in past votes.
After the DHS funding issue is resolved, the Senate will vote on a separate bill to block Obama’s executive actions, which would grant temporary deportation relief and work authorization to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants.
The timing is yet to be determined, but leaders hope to pass the DHS legislation by the end of the day Friday.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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