Hakeem Jeffries
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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...
Well, newly hired individuals, those people who've gotten 47 days of training, those people who may have been hired absent actual criminal background checks, like they should not be on the streets.
They should not be enforcing immigration laws.
They are deeply unqualified.
Many of them probably should have never been hired.
And we've got to get to the bottom of that, which is part of what we're saying needs to occur in this particular instance.
Certainly, Kristi Noem is a disaster.