The Department of Homeland Security shut down as Trump and Democrats continued to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement after the Minneapolis shootings.

Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters,

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed after Congress failed to reach a deal on immigration-enforcement policies.

It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.

Democrats block a funding bill in the Senate, after disagreement over putting new restrictions on immigration agents

The Department of Homeland Security is all but guaranteed to begin a partial shutdown early Saturday morning after the White House and congressional Democrats failed on Thursday to close the gap on a deal to rein in federal immigration enforcement,

The proposal could avoid a partial government shutdown on Saturday. A four-day partial US government shutdown is over after the House of Representatives approved a funding measure and sent it to President Trump's desk for his signature.

With a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security looming, the White House is growing frantic as it "scrambles," caught between needing to placate Democrats enraged at the abuses of federal immigration agents,