1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

You did it. Democrats held the line. DHS shut down at midnight, and the Minnesota operation has been announced to be ending. Now is not the time to compromise. This is the moment to demand maximum accountability. Continue the DeLauro strategy: Fund FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard. Zero dollars for ICE and CBP until the agency is abolished or fundamentally restructured. Use every accountability tool Congress has: Investigations: Establish an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the Minneapolis killings and ICE's pattern of deadly force. Subpoena documents. Build a public record. Facility oversight: Federal courts just affirmed your right to unannounced ICE detention inspections. Use it. Show up without notice. Document conditions. Report what you find. Legislation: Co-sponsor the Warren-Coons ICE Accountability Act - an independent watchdog with enforcement power that reports directly to Congress, not DHS. Impeachment: Demand Secretary Noem's removal. She spent $200M on luxury jets during a shutdown and secretly blocked congressional oversight. The Minnesota operation didn't end because of "cooperation." It ended because two Americans are dead and 65% of the country knows ICE has gone too far. You have leverage. Use it. No continuing resolutions. No compromise. Fund the agencies Americans need. Defund the agencies killing Americans. Investigate, inspect, legislate, impeach.