Hakeem Jeffries tells 'The View' ICE is going after 'law-abiding immigrant families'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries noted 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 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 Safety Jeffries D-N Y reported 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 particular cases deporting American citizens and children various with cancer And America is better than this and that s the reality Jeffries continued JEFFRIES CONTENDS TRUMP BUDGET BILL WILL STEAL FOOD FROM 'THE MOUTHS OF BABIES' WHILE ENRICHING BILLIONAIRESJeffries 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 revealed of Trump But I think we can never lose hope in the resilience of the American people to face turbulence and this is an incredibly turbulent moment but to power our way through it and to come out stronger on the other side It s not to say it s going to be easy It will be challenging but I still believe in the fundamental goodness of the American people Jeffries added CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREJeffries commented it was key to secure the perimeter but also noted Congress needed to fix the broken immigration system CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHe recounted the co-hosts As House Democrats our view is that while we work on making sure that the demarcation can remain secure while we work to fix our broken immigration system we also are going to stand up for dreamers farm workers and for law-abiding immigrant families at all times