Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, speaks during a New Democrat Coalition news conference on health care at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital emailed DHS for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Despite Johnson's support for the idea of targeting DHS funding, Democrats are currently politically powerless to make such a move without bipartisan backing because the GOP holds the majority in both chambers of Congress.
It is a midterm election year, and Republicans will be vying to maintain their slim margin of control of both chambers of Congress come November.
Johnson's comments came in the wake of a controversial shooting in Minneapolis where an ICE officer fatally shot a driver on Wednesday. According to DHS, the officer fired in self-defense after the woman stalked and attempted to ram agents.
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"Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them —an act of domestic terrorism," DHS noted in a Wednesday post on X.
Members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal operations on Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty)
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"An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots," the post notes. "The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased."
Fox News' Dan Scully and Kelly Phares contributed to this report
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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