Jeffries Says Democrats Won’t Pass DHS Deal Without ICE Reforms

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats are insisting on their full list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement before agreeing to pass the remaining government funding for the Department of Homeland Security before the Friday deadline.

“We need to press forward aggressively and ensure that there are legislative changes enacted as part of any DHS spending bill because that’s the way that you change behavior,” Jeffries said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “Dramatic changes are necessary to the manner in which the Department of Homeland Security officers are conducting themselves before any funding ...