Jeffries seeks to force vote on DHS funding without ICE and CBP
Source: The Hill
03/16/26 1:46 PM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is launching an effort to force a vote on legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus funding for the immigration enforcement agencies at the center of controversy on Capitol Hill.
In a letter delivered Monday to fellow Democrats, Jeffries said party leaders this week will unveil a discharge petition on legislation funding most of DHS — including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — but not the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
“The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for more than 30 days because Donald Trump and Republican extremists refuse to get ICE under control,” Jeffries wrote. “Meanwhile, hardworking employees of the TSA, CISA, Coast Guard and FEMA have been forced to work without pay.”
ICE and CBP have been under heavy scrutiny following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens in January in Minneapolis, where officers from both agencies were conducting operations as a part of President Trump’s deportation surge. The killings prompted Democrats to demand tougher rules governing immigration enforcement officers as a condition of winning their support for funding DHS — a demand Trump and Republicans have so far refused.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5786328-jeffries-forces-vote-dhs-funding/
Link to Leader Jeffries "DEAR COLLEAGUE" LETTER - Dear Colleague on Republican Shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security