The House Democratic leader rejected a DHS funding bill over continued ICE violence.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on Wednesday that he would reject a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year over concerns that it did not sufficiently curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

The announcement came in a closed-door meeting with Democratic caucus members, following continued ICE violence in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge.

“We’ve heard our members speak loudly that ICE isn’t doing enough, these reforms aren’t doing enough. This lawlessness has to stop,” Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) told reporters after the meeting on Wednesday. “They are only doing this because they can. They are only doing this because the president of the United States wants to use them to terrorize communities, to terrorize U.S. citizens.”

But, according to NBC News, Democratic leaders did not state they would whip a vote to push all members to follow their “no” vote. This leaves the door open for Democrats, many of whom are facing close elections this year, to vote in favor of the appropriation bill.

  • galoisghost@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    the bill doesn’t include “broader reforms proposed by Democrats, including preventing U.S. citizens from being detained or deported and preventing non-ICE personnel from conducting interior enforcement.

    The bare minimum isn’t included and they’ll still vote for it. I’d like to congratulate Hakeem Jefferies on his performance as “leader” it almost looked like it was his real job

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
      17·
      1 day ago

      The bill doesn’t contain what is already the law. But we know ICE will just break the law anyway so does it really matter?

      DeLauro acknowledged the bill would frustrate many Democratic lawmakers, but said it was necessary to fund numerous agencies, such as FEMA, the US Coast Guard, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. She also noted that ICE received $75 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, so if no appropriations legislation passed, ICE would still be able to function for years while other agencies would struggle.

      I mean, those other agencies are already struggling no? And last I checked it seems like the Coast guard was being edged into serving on behalf of team neo Nazi, and FEMA isn’t actually giving aid after disasters.

      Idk I get that this is again damned if you do damned if you don’t in terms of helping to destroy the government, but when you have a lawless tyrant doing whatever the fuck he wants anyway, why bother to give him your stamp of approval?