Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Representative for New York
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries was born in August 1970 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an undergraduate degree from Binghamton University, earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School for Public Policy, and received a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law. He clerked at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before entering private practice.
Jeffries spent six years as a member of the New York State Assembly before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he assumed office in January 2013.
Jeffries is married to Kennisandra Arciniegas-Jeffries and they have two sons. He is a Baptist.
In the News…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries deflected a question about abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an interview before funding ran out for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
While the House minority leader had previously called the shooting of an anti-ICE activist by federal officers in Michigan an “abomination,“ and indicated his opposition to “extreme“ immigration enforcement policies, he said to the hosts, “I’m going to use the language that I want to use.“
Congressman Jeffries said, “I’ve made clear that taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for the American people, not brutalize or kill them. That’s the whole reason we’re in this fight right now, that’s the whole reason that DHS is getting ready to shut down.”
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The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
Representative for New York
2267 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
