{"id":18826,"date":"2026-02-10T16:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jeffries-slams-republican-dhs-offer-as-woefully-inadequate\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:01:51","slug":"jeffries-slams-republican-dhs-offer-as-woefully-inadequate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jeffries-slams-republican-dhs-offer-as-woefully-inadequate\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries slams Republican DHS offer as &#8216;woefully inadequate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/196306\" data-person-id=\"196306\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> said Tuesday a GOP counterproposal on Department of Homeland Security funding is \u201cwoefully inadequate\u201d and shows the White House \u201cis clearly not open to\u201d several key Democratic demands.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking four days ahead of a DHS shutdown deadline, Jeffries said the Republican offer did not satisfactorily address a need for judicial warrants, detention center standards, independent investigations and excessive-force standards. Asked about whether the Trump administration would support a prohibition on masks for federal agents, Jeffries said, \u201cThat\u2019s an open question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don&#8217;t appear to be open to &#8230; ensuring that ICE agents are identifiable in a manner consistent with every other law enforcement agency in the country,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51242\" data-person-id=\"51242\">John Thune<\/a> said he believed there was still room for compromise, with support from at least seven Senate Democrats needed for any shutdown-averting stopgap measure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are things I think on probably both sides that are non-negotiables,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I do think there are a number of things in the range of common ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51231\" data-person-id=\"51231\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> struck a more cautious tone than Jeffries, saying Democrats &#8220;need to see more from Republicans very soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What Democrats propose is the definition of common sense, he said. &#8220;We simply want ICE to follow the same standards that most law enforcement agencies across America already follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Jordain Carney contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday a GOP counterproposal on Department of Homeland Security funding is \u201cwoefully inadequate\u201d and shows the White House \u201cis clearly not open to\u201d several key Democratic demands. Speaking four days ahead of a DHS shutdown deadline, Jeffries said the Republican offer did not satisfactorily address a need for judicial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}