Washington, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
LEADER JEFFRIES: This is day five of the Trump-Republican shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Why are we in this moment? It's because Republicans have decided that they would rather shut down FEMA, shut down TSA and shut down the Coast Guard than get ICE under control.
The American people know that ICE needs to be reined in. We believe that taxpayer dollars should be used to make your life more affordable, not to brutalize or kill American citizens in cold blood, like Renee Nicole Good or Alex Pretti, or to violently target law-abiding immigrant families, which we know is taking place all across America. The American people are horrified at what t...