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Jeffries vows Democrats won’t fund Trump’s deportation efforts
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats will not provide funding for the Trump administration’s deportation push as the party nears majority control of the House.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday that his party will not provide funding for the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, as House Democrats move closer to majority control after what he described as sweeping midterm victories. Speaking at a press conference, Jeffries called the administration’s approach to deportation violent and said it targets immigrant communities. He framed the position as a direct break with the current administration’s enforcement priorities.
Jeffries pointed to his own legislative agenda on immigration as the alternative. He is pushing the American Dream and Promise Act, which would provide legal status and a path to citizenship for Dreamers and holders of Temporary Protected Status, known as TPS. Supporters need one more Republican signature on a discharge petition to force a floor vote on the measure. A discharge petition is a procedural tool that allows members to bring a bill to the floor when leadership does not schedule one, and it requires a majority of the chamber’s members to sign.
The remarks came as Democrats prepare to take a more powerful position in the House. The caucus is set to hold a leadership vote on Jeffries next Wednesday, and he plans to hold individual conversations with every member of the caucus to secure their support. The effort comes as some progressives have criticized him for not being aggressive enough as leader, a tension that is now playing out ahead of the vote.
Jeffries also used the press conference to outline other priorities for the incoming majority. Democrats want to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, a proposal aimed at limiting conflicts of interest among lawmakers. Jeffries also backs an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom critics have accused of constitutional violations in connection with the war with Iran. Jeffries blamed that conflict for higher gas prices, linking the war to costs that households are feeling at the pump.
Separately, reporting from other outlets indicated that the Trump administration’s messaging on elections and immigration has shifted following the party’s midterm losses. The same reporting described a brief appearance by Trump in the White House briefing room alongside UFC President Dana White. Trump also said he had floated the idea of White serving as White House press secretary, adding that he was “sort of kidding.” In a separate matter, Trump said the FBI is probing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang over alleged ties to a Chinese agent, and said Huang need not worry about the probe. The details of that investigation have not been confirmed, and the claims remain unverified.
Source: foxnews.com
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