House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke recently at a press availability.
Jeffries was Tuesday’s KVML “Newsmaker of the Day”. Here are his words:
“It appears increasingly likely that at midnight tonight, DHS funding for the Coast Guard, for FEMA and for TSA will lapse. Why? Because Donald Trump and Republicans have decided that they have zero interest in getting ICE under control. The American people know ICE is out of control and that they need to be reined in. And Democrats are working hard to do just that.
We believe that taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, not brutalize or kill them, which is what we’ve seen in Minneapolis with the cold-blooded killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. In this country, immigration enforcement should be fair, it should be just and it should be humane. That’s not what’s taking place right now in the United States of America, where law-abiding immigrant families are being violently targeted and American communities are being brutalized.
Dramatic changes are needed at the Department of Homeland Security in terms of ICE and CBP. Absent that, Republicans have decided to shut down parts of the federal government once again.”
The “Newsmaker of the Day” is heard every weekday morning at 6:45, 7:45 and 8:45 on AM 1450 and FM 102.7 KVML.
