1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

Congress MUST refuse to fund DHS and ICE as they currently are. Funding should resume only after both of these agencies are dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up. I want this to include enforceable limits, judicial oversight, transparent identification, lawful procedures, and true accountability. Congress cannot continue funding agencies that kill citizens in cold-blood, terrorize communities and ethnic groups, defy courts, disregard statutes, defy the Constitution, and deploy heavily-armed agents to kill law-abiding civilians without consequence. Short-term funding extensions and promises of incremental reform have done nothing to change ICE behavior — we need a drastic revamping if we want to save our democracy. We cannot allow these thugs to continue their lawlessness and to grow even more in numbers, and I want you to hold the line. Taking back all of the $75 billion from the Big Ugly Bill is a necessity, and giving them only a reasonable budget in which to operate. I don’t care how long the shut-down lasts, you have the American people behind you. We are looking for courage & strength, and I know you can do it.