{"id":21906,"date":"2026-03-18T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/white-house-puts-new-dhs-offer-on-the-table-will-democrats-finally-budge\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:35:37","slug":"white-house-puts-new-dhs-offer-on-the-table-will-democrats-finally-budge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/white-house-puts-new-dhs-offer-on-the-table-will-democrats-finally-budge\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Puts New DHS Offer On The Table \u2014 Will Democrats Finally Budge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p>The White House sent its Department of Homeland Security counteroffer to the United States Senate on Tuesday afternoon, after Democrats sent their own late Monday night \u2013 18 days since the White House made its previous offer.<\/p>\n<p>The letter sent to Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) on Tuesday said that the Trump administration \u201cwill expand the use of body-worn cameras,\u201d \u201climit civil immigration enforcement activities at certain sensitive locations\u201d with a handful of exceptions, increase oversight of detention facilities, \u201cenforce the use of visible officer identification\u201d and other practices for officers who are not \u201cundercover,\u201d and \u201cadhere to existing law and practice of not deporting any U.S. citizen and will convey current practice of not knowingly detaining a U.S. citizen, except when the person violates a state or federal law that makes the citizen subject to arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an on-background call with reporters on Tuesday, a senior White House official said that \u201cthis offer is reasonable, it is serious, it is the product of work that has gone on since the shutdown began.\u201d The Democrats are asking for major changes to be made, including the end of masking for agents and the use of judicial warrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">READ: Letter sent by WH to Senate on DHS shutdown.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDailyWire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump admin offers to<br \/>-expand body cameras<br \/>-limit civil enforcement at \u201csensitive locations\u201d<br \/>-increase detention facility oversight<br \/>-\u201cofficer identification worn by officers will be clearly displayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ZUlypxco5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/6ZUlypxco5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_arcand\/status\/2033992494426534366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shutdown started in mid-February over federal immigration enforcement tactics, especially in the aftermath of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, including the shooting death of Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dems-send-11th-hour-dhs-counteroffer-in-shutdown-standoff-how-americans-could-pay-price?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Dems+Send+11th-Hour+DHS+Counteroffer+In+Shutdown+Standoff+%E2%80%94+How+Americans+Could+Pay+Price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported that Britt\u2019s office said that Democrats have been uncooperative in the process to get the department fully opened, even though most of the funding for Trump\u2019s immigration priorities was already signed into law in the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d last year. Britt is considered the lead negotiator for Senate Republicans on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>However, impacts of the shutdown have been rippling through the country, most notably with long lines at the airport due to TSA agents calling out or leaving the job, as they are required to work without pay. There have also been mounting national security concerns related to the shutdown amid Operation Epic Fury in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have argued that Senate Republicans have blocked legislative proposals to fund agencies like TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard without completely reopening DHS until a deal is hashed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Republicans are holding TSA agents\u2019 paychecks hostage because they want to provide more money to ICE, without basic reforms to protect Americans\u2019 rights and safety,\u201d Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a statement last week. \u201cDemocrats will keep fighting to get TSA workers paid and fund FEMA and the Coast Guard, and we\u2019ll keep pushing to enact common-sense steps to prevent more Americans from being hurt, or even killed, by masked federal agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is the only Democrat in the chamber against the shutdown effort, pointing to the OBBA funding for ICE and CBP as rendering the closure pointless, but he\u2019s noted that he still backs immigration enforcement reforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-puts-new-dhs-offer-on-the-table-will-democrats-finally-budge\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House sent its Department of Homeland Security counteroffer to the United States Senate on Tuesday afternoon, after Democrats sent their own late Monday night \u2013 18 days since the White House made its previous offer. The letter sent to Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Susan Collins (R-ME) on Tuesday said that the Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}