WATCH LIVE: Senate scrambles to avoid shutdown after Democrats strike deal with White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders scrambled Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as Democrats demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

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Democrats struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a broad government spending bill and provide money to that agency for two weeks while Congress debates restrictions on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agreement came after angry Democrats threatened to filibuster the entire spending bill and trigger a shutdown in the wake of the killing of two protesters by federal agents in Minneapolis.

He watches: Senate Democrats reach an agreement with the White House on a government funding package

But passage of the package was delayed late Thursday as Senate leaders worked to garner support.

“Republicans and Democrats have come together to get the government funded through September,” Trump said in a social media post Thursday evening. He encouraged members of both parties to cast a “much-needed bipartisan yes vote.”

After leaving the Capitol shortly before midnight, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said there were “obstacles on both sides” as he and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York tried to work through any objections.

“I hope people have the spirit to try to get this done” on Friday, when the Senate was scheduled to meet again in the late morning.

He watches: What’s in the bipartisan Senate deal to avert a shutdown, and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he was one of the senators to object. He said ICE agents are being treated unfairly, and he opposed House language that struck down a new law that gave senators the ability to sue the government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data was accessed without their knowledge.

Even if the Senate approves the funding measure, it would need House approval before it could become law. The House of Representatives is not expected to return until Monday, raising the possibility of at least a temporary partial shutdown over the weekend.

The Trump administration is expected to issue guidance to federal agencies on how to proceed.

Rare talks between the two parties

The unusual bipartisan talks between Trump and Schumer, his frequent opponent, came after the shooting death of 37-year-old Alex Peretti in Minnesota last weekend and calls from senators from both parties for a full investigation. Schumer called it a “moment of truth.”

“What ICE is doing, outside the law, is state-sanctioned bullying and it must stop,” Schumer said. “Congress has the authority — and the moral obligation — to act.”

The standoff threatened to plunge the country into another lockdown, just two months after Democrats blocked a spending bill due to the expiration of federal health care subsidies. This dispute led to a 43-day government shutdown as Republicans refused to negotiate.

This shutdown ended when a small group of moderate Democrats broke away to reach an agreement with Republicans. But Democrats are more united this time after Pretty and Renee Judd were killed by federal agents.

Republicans were more willing to reach a deal, too. Many of them said that after these shootings, they were subject to new restrictions.

Democrats make demands

Democrats put forward several demands, asking the White House to “end roving patrols” in cities and coordinate with local law enforcement on immigration detention, including demanding stricter rules on arrest warrants.

They also want enforceable codes of conduct so agents are held accountable when they break the rules. Agents should be asked to “take off their masks and turn on their cameras” and carry proper identification, as is common practice in most law enforcement agencies, Schumer said.

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Tom Homan, the president’s border official, said Thursday in Minneapolis that federal immigration officials are developing a plan to reduce the number of agents in the state, but that will depend on the cooperation of state authorities.

They remain far apart on politics

If the deal goes ahead, negotiations down the road to reaching a final agreement on the Department of Homeland Security bill are likely to be difficult.

Democrats want to end Trump’s aggressive immigration campaign. “If the Trump administration resists reforms, we will close the agency,” Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said.

Republicans are unlikely to agree to all of Democrats’ demands.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-S.C., said he opposes requiring immigration enforcement officers to show their faces, even as he blamed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for decisions he said “tarnish” the agency’s reputation.

“You know, there’s a lot of bad people out there, and they’ll take a picture of your face, and the next thing you know your kids or your wife or your husband are being threatened at home,” Tillis said.

Graham said some of the Democratic proposals “make sense,” such as improved training and body cameras. However, he said he was alerting his Senate colleagues that if Democrats tried to make changes to the funding bill, he would insist on new language barring local governments from resisting the administration’s immigration policies.

Uncertainty in the House of Representatives

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Los Angeles, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was “strongly opposed” to dismantling the funding package, but “if it’s dismantled, we’re going to have to move it as quickly as possible. We can’t have the government shut down.”

At the Kennedy Center evening’s premiere of a film about First Lady Melania Trump, Johnson said he may have some “tough decisions” to make about when, if they pass, the House of Representatives will return to Washington to approve bills that were dismissed by the Senate.

House Republicans said they did not want any changes to their bill.

“The package will not make it back through the House without funding for the Department of Homeland Security,” members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus wrote to Trump.

Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Joey Cappelletti, Seung-Min Kim and Michelle L. contributed to this report. Price, and Darlene Superville.