WASHINGTON D.C.: US Senate leaders struck a deal on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to avert an ugly shutdown and fund homeland security operations through September, but it remained unclear whether lawmakers will agree to the plan before Friday’s deadline.

The fate of US security operations including border patrols, airport screening and Secret Service protection hung in the balance as lawmakers bickered about how to break an impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has become embroiled in a partisan fight over immigration.

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