<div>US President Donald Trump threatens to push govt into shutdown ahead of the coming appropriations deadline in September, if Congress does not fund his US- Mexico border wall and change the nation's immigration law.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>US President Donald Trump threatened to push the government into shutdown ahead of the coming appropriations deadline in September, if Congress does not fund his US- Mexico border wall and change the nation's immigration law. In a tweet, Mr Trump said he would be willing to 'shut down' government, if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall. </div>''<div></div>''<div>Trump campaigned on the promise of building a border wall to deter illegal immigration. Congress has given him some funding but not as much as he has requested. He also wants changes to legal immigration, including scrapping a visa lottery program. In addition, he wants to end the practice of releasing immigrants caught entering the country illegally on the condition that they show up for court hearings.</div>''<div> </div>''<div>Trump has also demanded that the US shift to an immigration system that's based more on merit and less on family ties.</div>''<div></div>''<div>Democrats and some Republicans have objected to some of the changes Trump seeks. The federal budget year ends <span class="aQJ" data-term="goog_1239889263" tabindex="0">September 30</span>, and lawmakers will spend much of August in their states campaigning for re-election in November.</div>