Johnson accuses Democrats of taking government hostage over ‘crazy’ immigration agenda

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. House Speaker Mike Johnson rips Senate DHS spending bill hours after late-night deal. House Speaker Mike Johnson chastised congressional Democrats Friday, saying Republicans will not be part of any effort to reopen America's borders and stop the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. Johnson held a two-hour conference call with House Republicans Friday, saying they were all "united" in the party's position to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end the partial government shutdown that has injected chaos into air travel. "They have taken hostage the funding processes of government so that they can impose their radical agenda on the American people," Johnson told reporters of Senate Democrats. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: GOP EYES DHS DEAL FUNDING ICE PROBES, BUT NOT REMOVALS, AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks