1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

Today, i ask the United States Senate to withhold funding for DHS until Congress imposes enforceable limits on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Im including Representative Jayapal who will be required to vote again on any final appropriations Recent disclosures confirm that ICE is operating outside constitutional limits. A whistleblower revealed an internal DHS memo authorizing agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant—an explicit violation of the Fourth Amendment. This is just confirming what ICE has been doing for months—engaging in warrantless raids, unconstitutional interior checkpoints, family separations, and widespread abuse in detention. The violence is escalating. Alex Pretti’s killing was the ninth ICE shooting since September 2025. This is not a matter of isolated misconduct; it is the predictable result of an agency operating without effective constraints. The Senate now has real leverage and a clear responsibility. Senators must withhold support for any funding bill or continuing resolution that maintains ICE funding without enforceable reforms, and must work to reclaim previously appropriated funds that are enabling unlawful and deadly conduct. Congress’s power of the purse exists for moments exactly like this. The Senate must use it now.