"They should absolutely not take this deal."-- Dreamer @belensisaw on President Trump's offer to Democrats to end the government shutdown, which includes extending temporary protections for DACA recipients. pic.twitter.com/sHJhxa59nb — Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 21, 2019

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Trump announced in 2017 that he was ending the DACA program, which allows some undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children to work, go to school and be protected from deportation.

But his decision has been tied up in a lengthy court fight, which has left the Obama-era program in place as the legal battle plays out.

The Senate is expected to try to take up Trump's immigration-border plan later this week.

"I intend to move to this legislation this week. With bipartisan cooperation, the Senate can send a bill to the House quickly so that they can take action as well," Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement over the weekend.

House Democrats have been passing their own pieces of legislation to fully reopen the federal government, a quarter of which has been closed since Dec. 22 over an impasse on border wall funding. McConnell has repeatedly blocked the House bills from being taken up in the Senate, arguing they are "show votes."