Schumer and Jeffries have laid out Democrats’ terms for voting for further funding for DHS, which is now operating on a two-week CR. https://jeffries.house.gov/2026/02/04/leaders-jeffries-and-schumer-deliver-urgent-ice-reform-demands-to-republican-leadership/
Some of these measures are, in the abstract, good, but we all know that the Trump regime cannot be trusted to implement in good faith. 1/
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And of course, so long as Republicans control even one chamber of Congress, Congress will not require the Trump executive branch to meaningfully implement the sort of measures outlined by Jeffries and Schumer. 2/
When Republican Fascists control the executive branch and therefore DHS, CBP, and ICE, even winning “common sense” reforms is an exercise in futility. 3/
@heidilifeldman then the only right path is total obstruction, no dhs budget.
That would get their attention.
However, Chuck "Defeat" Schumer lacks the ability to even envision what a spine is.
The Democrats should be demanding resignations from Noem and Miller and down through the ranks of DHS, CBP and ICE before they even consider negotiating systemic reforms. 4/
@heidilifeldman why not demand defunding DHS to pre-trump levels?
Yes, the list of negotiating points is tougher than it would have been without the absolute outrage from folks like us. And sure, it is hard for establishment figures like Jeffries and Schumer to propose the sort of sweeping personnel changes that are in fact a precondition of changing these agencies.
But with a lawless Executive branch and a Congress that has abdicated meaningful oversight, much stronger measures have to be what Democrats bargain for. 5/5
