1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Severing DHS funding from the rest of federal spending is an excellent step in reining in ICE, but the proposed reforms thus far (barring masks, adding bodycameras, etc.) are not sufficient to ensure public safety and accountability. Here are a list of reforms that are essential to ensuring DHS is kept on a short leash: 1. DHS and it's subordinate agencies are prohibited from operating any permanent detention facilities, and all temporary detention facilities may not house more than 50 persons. All existing detention facilities must be vacated within 90 days. All facilities operated by DHS/ICE must allow no-notice inspections by any member of Congress with no prior notice, and will not deny any inspections by state or city representatives made with 24 hours notice. 2. No one shall be employeed by DHS/ICE if they have a prior conviction (pardoned or otherwise) for assault, firearms offenses, sexual assault, terrorism, consipracy, treason, substance abuse, or domestic violence. 3. DHS/ICE shall not utilize facial recognition technology, electronic/cell phone surveillance, biometric monitoring, or any form of commercially available mass surveillance tools, whether operated by DHS/ICE or using purchased data. All databases containing data on US citizens must be irrecoverably deleted within 14 days. Electronic surveillance of non-citizen US persons may only be performed with a judicial warrant. 4.DHS shall provide city and state officials a complete list of its personnel conducting immigration enforcement operations in their jurisdictions. DHS will cooperate fully with state and local investigators concerning civil rights violations or use of force complains against ICE/DHS/CBP. 5. Any DHS employee who attempts to conceal their identity during enforcement operations, shall have their employment immediately terminated with no benefits.