LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DHS FUNDING LEGISLATION

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

Donald Trump and Republican extremists have completely controlled the government since the beginning of 2025. During that time, costs have skyrocketed, life has become more expensive, healthcare has been ripped away from millions, gas prices are out of control, American citizens have been killed in cold blood during ICE raids, the government has repeatedly been shut down and billions are being wasted in a reckless war of choice in the Middle East.

For the last 47 days, Donald Trump and Republicans have subjected the nation to chaos at airports, jeopardized our national security and kept the government closed to allow ICE to continue to brutalize the American people without consequence.

Republican policies have been a disaster. The rotten age of chaos and corruption is being visited upon the country. Through it all, House Democrats continue to stand up for the American people and aggressively push back against far-right extremism. Mike Johnson and House Republicans have come to realize that we will never bend the knee. It's time to pay TSA agents, end the airport chaos and fully fund every part of the Department of Homeland Security that does not relate to Donald Trump's violent mass deportation machine.

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