Sam Greenglass

Congressional Democrats have been trading offers with the White House, but top lawmakers say the negotiations are nowhere close to producing an agreement.

So lawmakers left for a week-long recess, with both parties pointing fingers over the slow movement of the talks.

Democrats have refused to fund DHS without policy changes after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis.

In the meantime, enforcement operations will continue despite the shutdown, thanks to tens of billions of dollars Congress approved for ICE last year.

DHS also houses the Coast Guard, an agency responsible for cybersecurity, disaster response, and airport security.

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

I'm finally feeling more like myself, but I have a long, long way to go.

Democrats and Republicans have been trading offers over the last several days.

That started with a list of Democrats' demands to put new checks on immigration enforcement after two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis were killed by federal agents last month.

But Senate Majority Leader John Thune told us yesterday that the two sides are not close.

Negotiations are ongoing, but with no vote in sight, lawmakers packed up and left.

And because of the scheduled recess, they're not expected to be back for another week.

Congressional Democrats have been trading offers with the White House, but top lawmakers say the negotiations are nowhere close to producing an agreement.

So lawmakers left for a week-long recess with both parties pointing fingers over the slow movement of the talks.

Democrats have refused to fund DHS without policy changes after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S.

citizens in Minneapolis.

In the meantime, enforcement operations will continue despite the shutdown, thanks to tens of billions of dollars Congress approved for ICE last year.

DHS also houses the Coast Guard, an agency responsible for cybersecurity, disaster response, and airport security.