House Democrats Vow to Block Funding for Trump Deportations as Jeffries Seeks 1 GOP Signature
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
House Democrats Vow to Block Funding for Trump Deportations as Jeffries Seeks 1 GOP Signature
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 9
Summary
House Democrats will "not give a dime" to President Donald Trump’s deportation effort, Hakeem Jeffries said as the party prepares to take control of the chamber after its midterm gains.
Jeffries cast the policy as a rejection of what he called a "violent mass deportation machine," saying taxpayer money should go to affordability measures rather than immigration enforcement.
1 Republican signature is still needed for a discharge petition to force a House vote on the American Dream and Promise Act, which would offer permanent legal status to Dreamers and some TPS holders.
Jeffries also backed impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war and renewed plans to ban congressional stock trading, broadening Democrats' opening agenda before next week’s leadership vote.