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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attacked the Trump administration’s immigration efforts on Wednesday, which he claimed were opposed by Americans.
Jeffries’ comments came during his near-daily government shutdown press conference in response to a reporter asking an unrelated question about whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) needed scaling back.
“We’ve all been very outspoken as it relates to the out-of-control behavior unleashed on law-abiding immigrant communities by masked agents hiding their identity and far too often violating the rule of law, often directed at people who are American citizens,” the top House Democrat answered.
“It’s all unacceptable, and it’s one of the reasons why the American people have turned on Donald Trump and Republicans with respect to their extreme immigration policies,” he said.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, August 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images)
He then demanded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) be held “accountable for the overreach and the extremism that they’re being subjected to in terms of what the American people are experiencing.”
“And yet we’re seeing none of that accountability coming from Republicans,” Jeffries continued. “That’s unfortunate, but Democrats will continue to make the case to the American people that this is all abnormal. So much of it is unlawful, and it’s got to stop.”
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White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital in response, “ICE officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults because of unhinged rhetoric from activists and Democrat politicians smearing heroic ICE officers. Anyone who assaults or otherwise harms law enforcement officers will be held…
