"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced in a letter to his members Monday that Democrats will file a discharge petition on a bill to fund TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard and other non-immigration DHS agencies. Discharge petitions can be used to force votes on legislation opposed or ignored by the majority party's leadership. If one is signed by 218 members, it forces a vote."
"It's not forcing any change. In the meantime, we're making people hurt. The long lines, that can't make us more popular. We're on the right side on ICE, but not on the rest."
"The White House is has already been keeping ICE and CBP funded with the more than $100 billion made available to the agencies in the One Big, Beautiful Bill. Several Democrats told Axios that, if the White House doesn't cough up what they deem adequate reforms to immigration enforcement policy, Democrats are content to simply wash their hands of any culpability in alleged ICE abuses."
House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are filing a discharge petition to force a vote on funding TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and other non-immigration DHS agencies. This strategy would end the DHS shutdown while keeping pressure on the White House for immigration enforcement reforms. Some Democrats question whether the shutdown effectively incentivizes White House negotiations, noting it causes public hardship without forcing policy changes. The White House has already funded ICE and CBP through existing appropriations. Democrats argue this approach maintains negotiating leverage while preventing further agency disruptions and protecting federal workers.
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