The program that oversees certain immigrants brought illegally to the country as children continues to complicate discussions on government spending.

Democratic senators are insisting a vote on legislation to address the pending expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program occur either before or as part of a fiscal 2018 spending bill.

But the two sides appear nowhere close to a deal on an immigration measure as the deadline for the current funding mechanism fast approaches. The continuing resolution to fund the government expires after Jan. 19.

“We intend to be reasonable, but we don’t intend to abandon our priorities just as our Republican friends don’t want to abandon theirs,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer told reporters Thursday.

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