by WAKA Action 8 NewsDemocrats and the White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they consider new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. The standoff has threatened to plunge the country into another shutdown, just two months after Democrats blocked a spending bill over expiring federal health care subsidies. Still far apart on policyNegotiations down the road on a final agreement on the Homeland Security bill are likely to be difficult. House Republicans have said they do not want any changes to the bill they passed last week. “The package will not come back through the House without funding for the Department of Homeland Security,” they wrote.