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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attacked the Trump administration's immigration efforts on Wednesday, which he claimed were opposed by Americans.

Jeffries' comments came during his near-daily government shutdown press conference in response to a reporter asking an unrelated question about whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) needed scaling back.

"We've all been very outspoken as it relates to the out-of-control behavior unleashed on law-abiding immigrant communities by masked agents hiding their identity and far too often violating the rule of law, often directed at people who are American citizens," the top House Democrat answered.

"It's all unacceptable, and it's one of the reasons why the Am

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