Senate Democrats aren't ready to concede in their push for stringent reforms to DHS and ICE and are ready to buck Senate Republicans' plans to avert a partial shutdown. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
Murphy also dismissed the White House’s proposal as a list of "sophomoric talking points."
"We had plenty of time, they wasted two weeks," Murphy said. "They still haven't given us any meaningful answer or response."
His position is shared by several Senate Democrats who have unified around a push to codify a list of 10 DHS reforms. Those include requirements that ICE agents obtain judicial warrants, unmask and display identification, provisions Republicans have labeled red lines.
The standoff follows criticism late Monday from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who rejected President Donald Trump’s counteroffer.
In a joint statement, the leaders said the proposal "is both incomplete and insufficient in terms of addressing the concerns Americans have about ICE’s lawless conduct." Jeffries added he would not support another short-term funding patch, known as a continuing resolution (CR), Tuesday morning.
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol during the vote-a-rama on President Trump's "big beautiful bill" reconciliation package June 30, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
As with most funding fights, both parties accuse the other of failing to negotiate in good faith.
"I’m not for putting DHS on a CR until they show us they are serious about doing something," Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, told Fox News Digital.
Republicans counter that Democrats spent more than a week drafting their proposal, while the White House produced a counteroffer in less than two days.
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital Republicans didn’t expect their counterparts to accept their offer, "but we didn't accept theirs either."
"Hopefully, this is a working footprint," Mullin said. "We can start negotiating because we're definitely not accepting their things. But the thing is, what we're trying to do is protect the ability for ICE and our border agents to do their job. I think it's pretty clear, though, unless the Democrats want to shut down DHS, we're going to have to do another CR."
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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