Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.

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Congress now has two weeks to negotiate new funding limits for ICE before DHS is shut down again.

The Democrats' request comes days after Sen. Rand Paul announced that the heads of ICE, CBP and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will testify before the panel on Feb. 12.

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Senate leaders were scrambling on 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.