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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday did not rule out the possibility of supporting the Democrat Party’s calls to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s mass deportations. Many House Democrats have floated the idea of using the appropriations process to defund parts of ICE and make major changes to the agency if they reclaim the House after the 2026 midterm elections. Jeffries told “The View” that the House needs to take “aggressive” steps to interfere with Trump’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants who have committed egregious crimes and accused the administration of targeting...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) is seemingly threatening to unmask Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, many of whom work undercover operations, saying Democrats will expose their identities “no matter what it takes.” During a press conference this week, Jeffries claimed that Democrats would seek out the identities of ICE agents who work to enforce federal immigration law by locating, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens — often violent, convicted criminals. “Every single ICE agent who is engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,” Jeffries...

Hakeem Jeffries threatens retaliation should Dems who stormed the NJ ICE facility be arrested: "They'll find out. They’ll find out. They’ll find out. It’s a red line. They know better than to go down that road. There are clear lines that they dare not cross."

House Democrats launched a “Rapid Response Task Force” and a “Litigation Working Group” on Monday to combat President Donald Trump’s popular America First agenda. Trump, who holds a positive approval rating, has enacted many policies that are popular among Americans, a Sunday CBS News poll found. Some of his policies that hold majority support include: Deporting illegal aliens Sending troops to the border Handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict Placing tariffs on Chinese goods Seventy percent said Trump is following through on his campaign promises, the poll also found. Democrats, nevertheless, are trying to block Trump and his plans to restore...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump was “often engaged in racial arson.” Host Jake Tapper said, “I wanted to get your reaction to something President Trump said recently about vice president harris and her race at an event for black journalists take a listen.” At a NAJB event in July, Trump said, “I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black. So I don’t know.”