Dem leaders share list of 10 demands for ICE reforms with GOP
Democratic leaders in Congress shared a list of 10 demands for reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, insisting they be added to the funding bill for the...
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Democratic leaders in Congress shared a list of 10 demands for reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, insisting they be added to the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., put forward the following demands in a letter to Republican leadership, arguing ICE has "has terrorized communities across the country." Targeted enforcement Democrats say DHS officers must not "enter private property without a judicial warrant." SENATE DEMOCRATS THREATEN SHUTDOWN BY BLOCKING DHS FUNDING AFTER MINNESOTA ICE SHOOTING "End indiscriminate arrests and improve warrant procedures and standards. Require verification that a person is not a U.S. citizen before holding them in immigration detention," Jeffries and Schumer wrote. No masks "Prohibit ICE and immigration enforcement agents from wearing face coverings," the pair demanded. REP JEFFRIES ESCALATES RHETORIC AGAINST NOEM, SAYS DHS LEADER SHOULD BE ‘PUT ON ICE PERMANENTLY’ Require ID Schumer and Jeffries say ICE agents should constantly display their agency, unique ID number and their last name during immigration operations. They should also "verbalize" their ID number and name if asked during an operation, the pair argue. SEN RUBEN GALLEGO: I WON'T FUND A ROGUE ICE THAT SHOOTS FIRST AND CALLS IT LAW ENFORCEMENT Protect sensitive locations Jeffries and Schumer argue that federal funding should not be used to conduct immigration operations near "sensitive locations," which they define as "medical facilities, schools, child-care facilities, churches, polling places, courts" and others. Stop racial profiling Top Democrats argue that DHS officers have been "conducting stops, questioning and searches based on an individual’s presence at certain locations, their job, their spoken language and accent or their race and ethnicity." They say that must stop, and that decisions should be based on prior eviden…