Dems press conditional DHS funding as shutdown drags on

Democrats sent a counteroffer to the White House and Republicans to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, tying funding to stricter immigration-enforcement rules—such as banning agents from masking their faces, mandating body cameras, requiring warrants for arrests, and ending roving patrols—after two weeks of stopgap funding expired. While essential DHS operations continue, the shutdown underscores a heated dispute over immigration policy, with the White House and Republicans offering their own counterproposal and negotiations ongoing.