Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at a press availability, where he reiterated that while Democrats are committed to dramatic reforms to ICE and CBP, Republicans are shutting down DHS over their refusal to rein in these out-of-control agencies.

LEADER JEFFRIES: 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.

Full press availability can be watched here.