- United States
- Kan.
- Letter
I’m writing to demand that you push for the following to be included in the long-term DHS appropriations bill to rein in ICE. They are:
1 No additional funding for ICE — they already have $75 billion for the next four years, they don’t need another $10 billion
2 An independent inspector inside everyICE detention center to ensure humane conditions and no abuse of detainees
3 A mandate that ICE agents obtain a judicial warrant, not an administrative one, to enter a home or arrest someone
4 A ban on ICE agents entering schools, hospitals, medical clinics, doctors’ offices, and places of worship
5 A ban on ICE agents detaining and deporting children and minors
6 A ban on ICE agents detaining and deporting U.S. citizens
7 A ban on ICE agents wearing face masks to conceal their identity
8 A restriction on DHS transferring funds within the agency, so they can’t pull from FEMA or the Coast Guard or Border Patrol to fund ICE
9 A removal of Border Patrol officers from cities; they should stay at the border
10 An end to ICE’s arrest quotas
11 A requirement that ICE agents wear body cameras
12 A ban on ICE or DHS surveilling us and collecting our data more than allowed without a judicial warrant (no face recognition of protestors, who are then punished with removed global entry or canceled Known Traveler Numbers)
13 A ban on ICE agents conducting roving patrols
14 A mandatory code of conduct for ICE agents
My fellow constituents and I will be paying close attention to what’s included and to how you vote. We’ll remember come election time, including the primaries.