Senate Democrats release demands as clock ticks toward partial government shutdown

Senate Democrats release demands as clock ticks toward partial government shutdownWashington (AP)— Sources from Associated Press say Senate Democrats on Wednesday outlined a list of demands to reform immigration enforcement in exchange for voting to fund part of the government, including a “masks off, body cameras on” policy, with just days to avert a partial government shutdown. “Senate Democrats are united on a set of common-sense and necessary policy goals that we need to rein in ICE and end the violence,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference on Wednesday. Democrats have advocated for stripping the bill funding DHS, which oversees ICE and Customs and Border Protection, from the broader funding package. Schumer said the demands represent policy areas that Democrats believe must be addressed. “These are common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” Schumer said.