New York Times

A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.

The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other’s throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents.

Minnesota officials had sought a temporary end to the deployment of 3,000 federal agents, claiming state sovereignty had been violated.