Congressional leaders from both parties in the US have struck a deal which - if it holds - will avert a government shutdown that would have started later today.
The deal would separate the debate over aggressive immigration tactics from a broad funding package that lawmakers wanted to pass before midnight tonight to ensure that government agencies such as the Pentagon and the Department of Health and Human Services can operate without interruption.
Five finance bills - essential to fund major government departments like Defence, Health and Education for the rest of this year - are due be voted through the Senate with backing from Democratic party Senators.
However, a sixth bill will only provide budget for the Department of Homeland Security for another two weeks.
That is the department in charge of implementing President Trump's immigration policy, and opposition Democrats want to force major changes to the way that policy is implemented, in the wake of two fatal shootings by federal immigration officers in the city of Minneapolis this month.
The unorthodox budget arrangement will need unanimous consent in the Senate today, and will have to go back to the House of Representatives, where the Republican majority is expected to be just one seat after a by-election this weekend.
President Trump said he hopes there will be bipartisan support for the agreement.
"It could happen," Mr Trump told reporters. "I don't know."
He wrote in a social media post: "Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much needed Bipartisan 'YES' Vote".
It was unclear whether the House of Representatives would embrace the deal or when it would take up the measure.
House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier yesterday indicated that it could be difficult to get members, who are on a scheduled break, back to Washington before the chamber is regularly due to resume on Monday.
That means swathes of the federal government could shut down at least over the weekend. Current funding for a large part of the federal government expires at midnight tonight.
DHS funding will be extended for two weeks, giving negotiators time to reach an agreement on immigration tactics.
Senate Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration agents, including an end to roving patrols, a ban on face masks and a requirement to wear body cameras.
The shooting death of nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration law enforcement agents last Saturday - the second this month of a US citizen with no criminal record - spurred widespread public outrage, prompting the Trump administration to de-escalate operations in the region.
However, Mr Trump said today that the man shot dead by US federal agents in Minneapolis last week was an "agitator and perhaps insurrectionist."
"Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex Pretti's stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer," he posted on Truth Social.
Trump was referring to footage reportedly showing Pretti in a scuffle with federal agents 11 days before he was shot dead.
Watch: Moments before man fatally shot in Minneapolis
Additional reporting: Reuters
