WASHINGTON _ Barely three weeks after parts of the federal government were shut for 35 days in a battle over border security spending, another partial shutdown is possible on Friday.
With negotiations at an impasse, the latest dispute is over beds for detained migrants.
Democrats say limiting the number of detention beds will force the Trump administration to stay within its budget and to stop detaining and deporting undocumented migrants who have broken no other laws.
Administration officials argue Democrats want to release violent criminals into the United States.
"The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens!" Trump tweeted Monday. "This is a brand new demand. Crazy!"
Late Monday night, Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Senate and House negotiators had reached an agreement "in principle" but offered no other details.
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