The US Senate edged closer to a vote on a funding deal to avert a government shutdown following a bitter standoff. Democrats have said they are prepared to pass five of six spending bills immediately but have drawn a red line around funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), demanding it be stripped out and renegotiated to impose new constraints on immigration enforcement agencies. FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert tells us more about what the Democrats’ reforms would mean for Trump’s immigration crackdown.[/gpt3]
