Johnson supports 'reasonable' changes to federal immigration enforcement policies

Source: The Hill

02/01/26 1:50 PM ET


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he supports some of the federal immigration enforcement reforms backed by Democrats. “Some of these conditions and requests that they’ve made are obviously reasonable and should happen. But others are going to require a lot more negotiation,” Johnson told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Democratic leaders in both chambers are proposing changes to how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel conduct operations, as the Senate on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE and CBP.

The House was in recess Friday, which meant that funding for 78 percent of the federal government lapsed at midnight Saturday. The stalemate is likely to last through at least Tuesday after House Democrats refused to commit to a fast-track approval of the funding package.

On Wednesday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) proposed prohibiting roving federal immigration enforcement patrols, expanding warrant requirements for federal law enforcement, adopting a universal code of conduct for federal officers and banning officers from wearing masks while conducting operations. “These are commonsense reforms,” Schumer said. “If Republicans refuse to support them, they are choosing chaos over order, plain and simple.”

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