Three House Democrats buck Jeffries and back Johnson’s 60-day DHS funding patch

Published March 28, 2026 12:46am ET



Three House Democrats broke with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday, handing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a key win on a short-term plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security amid a weeks-long shutdown fight over immigration enforcement.

Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) voted with 209 House Republicans and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA) for a 60-day funding patch that would fully reopen DHS, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, which Democrats have sought to restrict.

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