'Talks have stalled': White House 'scrambles' as Dems refuse to budge on DHS shutdown

With a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security looming, the White House is growing frantic as it "scrambles," caught between needing to placate Democrats enraged at the abuses of federal immigration agents, and not wanting to agree to most of their concessions.

According to the Walter Bloomberg newsfeed account, "The White House made a last-minute push to prevent a Department of Homeland Security shutdown, sending legislative text to Democrats ahead of the funding deadline. Democrats are expected to reject the proposal, calling earlier offers 'incomplete and insufficient.' Senate Democrats say talks have stalled and insist they won’t back another stopgap measure without agreement on a 10-point plan to reform ICE and CBP."

Per the report, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) "criticized the White House response as lacking detail and accused Republicans of relying on short-term extensions to avoid broader immigration reforms."

Democrats have demanded several reforms to federal immigration enforcement, including stricter requirements for judicial warrants, new oversight powers, and a ban on agents from masking their faces without valid cause. GOP negotiators have not shown openness to most of these proposals.

Per CNN's Manu Raju, "The Senate is slated to hold a procedural vote at 1:30 p.m. today to fund DHS, and that is expected to fail. Recess is scheduled to begin after. Unclear if either chamber will be in next week but seems unlikely at moment."

NOTUS' Danielle Dias notes that the Senate would need to secure unanimous consent to even hold a vote on the final DHS funding, which Democrats will not provide.