Hakeem Jeffries
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Elections right now are administered by states and localities.
That's what they're trying to change because Donald Trump knows he does not have the ability to override governors, secretaries of state, attorney generals, or state supreme courts.
That's his problem right here.
And that's why he's threatening to try to nationalize it, but he's got no vehicle
to be able to do it.
Now he wants to unleash these ICE agents to try to intimidate folks, which is why we've said amongst our many different ironclad line in the sand demands, which include independent criminal investigations when ICE agents break the law, judicial warrants need to be required before ICE agents storm homes or private property.
We want to prohibit racial profiling, ethnic profiling, mandate excessive use of force policies.
But as I mentioned earlier,
prohibit ICE from showing up at sensitive locations, which we're going to spell out.
in the law, and that, of course, includes polling sites.
So our view is that the Department of Homeland Security funding bill cannot move forward absent changes that we believe are bold, dramatic, meaningful, and transformational.
so that ICE is actually forced to conduct itself like every other law enforcement agency in the world, and that we can implement these changes now, so we can save lives now, so we can stop the brutality and the terror now.
And that's what this moment is all about.
And unfortunately, what Republicans have decided is that rather than enact those type of dramatic changes that we've put on the table, they would prefer to shut down FEMA, shut down the TSA,
and shut down the Coast Guard.
But they're gonna pay a price for that with the American people.
It's an unsustainable position.
Donald Trump's immigration ratings are falling apart and are now approaching his poor ratings on the economy and on healthcare.
And we believe that we're in this fight, we're gonna win this fight, and we have to on behalf of the American people.
So do you think...