Jeffries says funding bills won’t move forward until there is ‘dramatic change’ in ICE funding

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said appropriations bills will not move forward until there is a drastic shift in the Trump administration‘s immigration operations.

“Dramatic change is needed within the Department of Homeland Security before any appropriations bill related to [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and [Customs and Border Protection] proceeds,” Jeffries said at his press conference on Thursday.

This is the latest instance of Democrats putting their foot down over Department of Homeland Security funding after clashes between protesters and immigration officers resulted in fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens.

Over in the Senate, Democrats are negotiating with Republicans and the White House on a way to take the DHS bill out of a six-bill minibus so the remaining five bipartisan bills can pass the