Donald Trump’s White House has accused Democrats of holding US citizens “hostage over their reckless demands” after the Senate began a shutdown. In a statement after the US government shut down at midnight on Friday, it said: “Tonight, they put politics above our national security, military families, vulnerable children, and our country’s ability to serve all Americans. “We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. This is the behaviour of obstructionist losers, not legislators.” It came after the Senate shut down on the first anniversary of Mr Trump’s inauguration as president. Democrats and Republicans, locked in a bitter dispute over immigration and border security, failed to agree on a last-minute deal to fund its operations. Leaders have said they are committed to getting a quick agreement and agreed to reopen negotiations on Saturday. In a late-night session, senators blocked a bill to extend government funding through to February 16. The bill needed 60 votes in the 100-member Senate but only 50 supported it. Most Democrats opposed the bill because their efforts to include protections for hundreds of thousands of mostly young immigrants, known as Dreamers, were rejected by… Read full this story
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