Jeffries, Democrats push to fund TSA, FEMA amid fight with GOP, Trump over ICE, CBP

House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, filed a discharge petition Wednesday to force a floor vote on funding the Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and the Coast Guard—parts of the Department of Homeland Security currently caught in a standoff with the Trump administration and Republicans over immigration enforcement priorities. The move bypasses the normal committee process and signals Democratic frustration with what they view as Republican efforts to hold essential homeland security agencies hostage to demands about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding. The discharge petition reflects a broader impasse in Congress over how to fund DHS, with Democrats seeking to separate routine agency funding from immigration enforcement disputes. If Democrats can gather enough GOP crossovers to reach the required 218 signatures, they could bring the bill to a vote without Republican leadership's approval. The disagreement centers on whether ICE and CBP funding should be paired with the broader DHS appropriations bill or handled separately.