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The Senate voted to separate funding for DHS after reaching a White House deal.
Multiple outlets reported that the White House is working with Senate Democrats to avoid a prolonged shutdown.
The Senate passed a deal on a package of spending bills late Friday, sending it to the House, though funding for dozens of government agencies has still lapsed.
The government will shut down this weekend, but the House is expected to reopen it quickly next week.
Rivas, Limón and other lawmakers addressed reporters Monday from a lectern decorated with a graphic of California’s bear mascot with its head thrown back in a roar and the message “ICE out now,” as state leaders continued to escalate their war of words with the federal government.
Congress lurched a day closer to a partial government shutdown Wednesday after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) laid out a list of major reforms Democrats want to make to the Department of Homeland Security,