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An Open Letter

To: Sen. Murray, Rep. Schrier, Sen. Cantwell

From: A constituent in Redmond, WA

January 22

I demand that that you take action by: 1. Publicly refusing to support any DHS funding bill or continuing resolution that does not include a meaningful reduction in ICE's enforcement and 2. Using procedural tools, including refusing unanimous consent, forced debate, committee obstruction, and conditional votes, to delay and contest ICE 3. Committing to a legislative roadmap to dismantle ICE, including the repeal of the post-1996 criminalization framework that transformed civil immigration detention budget, and enforceable restrictions on raids, detention expansion, and surveillance. 4. Co-sponsoring and actively promoting the Markey-Pressley legislation limiting ICE immunity and Rep. Jimmy Gomez's bill redirecting $175 billion from ICE funding rather than passing it quietly with bipartisan cover. violations into punitive enforcement pipelines. 5. Securing public retractions or denunciations from the seventy-five representatives who voted to thank ICE, and issuing a clear leadership-level enforcement to affordable housing. 6. 6. Platforming the Congressional Progressive Caucus as a governing partner through DNC and DCCC communications. condemnation of ICE's systemic abuses. If these actions are not pursued in good faith, then ahead of the midterm elections, I will: Withhold support from candidates endorsed by Democratic leadership unless they individually commit to the above actions and; Coordinate support for primary challengers against Democratic incumbents who continue to support ICE funding, oppose accountability legislation, or refuse These are not radical demands. A growing majority of Americans oppose ICE and believe the agency should be fundamentally dismantled or abolished. What is to publicly denounce ICE's abuses. I look forward to your response. radical is continuing to defend norms that an authoritarian movement has already abandoned. I look forward to your response.

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