Jeffries risks fresh fracture with Schumer over ICE funding red line

Published February 5, 2026 2:37pm ET



House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) could be on another collision course with Senate Democrats over how to handle the next fight over government funding as Republicans ask for more time to negotiate a deal on the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate Democrats have not ruled out a temporary funding patch for DHS, even as Jeffries and many of his Democratic colleagues in the House are refusing to extend the deadline for two or more weeks.

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