Democrats say the nearly completed deal on a fiscal year 2018 spending package will prevent President Trump from building a concrete wall, implementing new border wall technology, or increasing the number of interior immigration enforcement agents or beds needed to detain those who come to the U.S. illegally.
Border security funding was among the big sticking points in the $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 spending deal.
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