1. United States
2. Ga.
3. Letter

and its actions increasingly pose a threat to public safety, civil liberties, and the rule of law. ICE was created under the premis I am writing to urge the immediate defunding and eventual abolitio uct, it creates conditions where harm is not only possible but pre s become untethered from meaningful oversight and accountability, dation and violence—particularly against vulnerable populations—un dictable. No law enforcement body should function in a manner tha dermines the very concept of public safety. An agency that claims of force, wrongful detention, and disregard for due process have e ose within it is fundamentally misaligned with democratic values. ugh reckless or militarized practices. The normalization of intimi n of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The agency ha retion, limited transparency, and minimal consequences for miscond t instills fear in entire communities or places lives at risk thro e of enforcing immigration policy, yet its conduct has repeatedly roded public trust. When a federal agency operates with broad disc exceeded that mandate. Reports of aggressive raids, excessive use to protect the nation while threatening the lives and rights of th