Shutdown clock ticks as Schumer, Democrats dig in on DHS funding demands

Senate Democrats aren't ready to concede in their push for stringent reforms to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and are ready to buck Senate Republicans' plans to avert a partial shutdown. 

Their resistance comes as Senate Republicans and the White House have floated a counteroffer to Democrats’ proposed DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reforms. But the two sides remain far apart on a deal to fund the agency, and they are quickly running out of time.

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