Government shutdown - live: Trump links rising Latino support to border wall battle as Republicans seeks to break impasse

As the government shutdown continues into Day 32, a coalition of centrist Democrats are preparing a letter to send to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging her to break a stalemate in negotiations to reopen federal agencies impacted in the dispute. 

“We understand that this shutdown was not caused by the 116th Congress, but it is our job to fix it,” the letter reads. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called attempts to blame the Democratic Party for the ongoing government shutdown “futile,” saying, “They’re so far from reality that no one takes the Leader seriously.”

“The American people know that President Trump is responsible,” the New York Democrat continued. “They have learned that Leader McConnell is a co-conspirator.”

More from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech on the Senate floor:

The New York Democrat lambasted Donald Trump and the GOP over the nation’s longest federal government shutdown in history, saying on Tuesday, “The president's proposal is one-sided, harshly partisan and was made in bad faith.”

“Offering some temporary protections back in exchange for the wall is not a compromise,” he added, “It's more hostage taking."

Reports indicate Donald Trump’s compromise to end the government shutdown includes a series of controversial changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) programme, including a measure that would effectively restrict poor migrants from applying for protections. 

The GOP plan would force immigrants to meet certain income requirements, the Washington Post has reported. The overall fees for the application to be considered would also double. 

Senate leadership appears ready to vote on a series of measures that could potentially reopen the federal government, the New York Times reports.

One of the measures is supported by Donald Trump and doomed to fail, while the other is a stopgap spending bill expected to easily pass with bipartisan support.