Leader Jeffries Statement on DHS Funding

April 30th, 2026 | Press Release LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DHS FUNDING Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: For more than two months, Donald Trump and House Republicans have kept the Department of Homeland Security shut down because of their toxic demand to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on ICE brutality. Today, the extremists backed down. House Democrats forced passage of legislation that reopens the TSA, FEMA, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard and all other aspects of the Department of Homeland Security, except ICE and the violent mass deportation machine. We will continue the fight to get ICE under control and compel them to act like every other law enforcement agency in the country. ### Back to News Share: Facebook Twitter