Jeffries calls on Johnson to bring House back into session to vote on reopening DHS

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The department has only been partially funded since mid-February, when lawmakers failed to agree on immigration enforcement reforms.

“The first thing that needs to happen is that the House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Johnson and Republicans need to bring us back into session so we can actually reopen the Department of Homeland Security, stop creating chaos at airports all across the country and forcing people, including what happened to TSA agents for weeks, to work without pay,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., told ABC News’ "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday.

Jeffries noted the Senate has sent a bipartisan bill to the House twice that would fund the DHS except for immigration enforcement and border patrol operations.

“Every single Democrat, every single Republican in the Senate supports that legislation,” he said. "House Democrats support that legislation.”

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