1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I urge you to vote against a Continuing Resolution for DHS and only support a funding bill that includes significant changes to ICE and Border Patrol. These agencies are recklessly endangering the American public and must be reined in. The necessary changes I would like to see enacted include… • A zeroing out of ICE’s appropriations funding • A repeal of H.R. 1's $170 billion slush fund for ICE and Border Patrol • A requirement that agents remove their masks and show identification • A ban on arrests without judicial warrants • A ban on roving patrols, racial profiling, and arrest quotas • A ban on agents’ access to polling locations, schools, day cares, medical facilities, and other vulnerable locations • A return of Border Patrol officers to the border • Independent inspectors and oversight of all detention facilities to ensure humane treatment of detainees • A ban on the detention and deportation of children • A ban on the use of surveillance technology to track people • An end to the use of deadly force and the detention and deportation of U.S. citizens and lawfully present immigrants. I expect Congress to do their job to enforce these laws and demand the investigation and prosecution of agents who break them.