Hakeem Jeffries tells 'The View' ICE is going after 'law-abiding immigrant families'
Jeffries says Trump unleashed an 'unprecedented flood of extremism'
By Hanna Panreck Fox News
Published July 7, 2025 2:51pm EDT
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday on "The View" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was going after "law-abiding immigrant families," and didn't dismiss calls from other members of his party to defund it.
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pressed Jeffries on whether he supported calls to defund ICE and if it was an effective message for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterms.
"Well, I definitely think that we need aggressive oversight as it relates to the overly aggressive behavior that we’re seeing from ICE, from the Department of Homeland Security," Jeffries, D-N.Y., told the hosts.
"Donald Trump and Republicans promised to go after violent felons, but instead they’re going after law-abiding immigrant families. And in fact, in some cases, deporting American citizens and children, some with cancer. And America is better than this, and that’s the reality," Jeffries continued.
effries also responded to a question from co-host Ana Navarro, who pressed him on what he would say to Latinos who feel hopeless about the Trump administration's immigration policies.
"We are seeing sort of an unprecedented flood of extremism being unleashed on the American people, and it’s happened from the very beginning," he said of Trump.
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