End ICE Violence Against Children and Peaceful Protesters

I am a constituent writing with serious concern about ICE operations that are endangering U.S. citizens, terrorizing children, and violently targeting people exercising their constitutional rights. In January 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ICE agents fatally shot Renée Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, during an enforcement action. In January 2026, in Minneapolis, ICE agents again used lethal force during clashes with protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. In January 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, ICE detained multiple schoolchildren, including a 5-year-old, during immigration arrests involving their families, traumatizing children who had committed no crime. These actions raise serious Fourth Amendment and due-process concerns, and violent interference with peaceful protest directly implicates the First Amendment. Using lethal force in civilian neighborhoods, seizing children from school communities, and violently suppressing protest are not law enforcement — they are state terror tactics that violate basic constitutional limits. I am asking you to publicly state on the record that ICE’s current practices — including lethal force, child detentions, and violent suppression of protest — are unacceptable, unconstitutional, and dangerous. I also ask you to initiate or sign a joint congressional oversight letter demanding DHS produce all internal ICE use-of-force policies, incident reports, disciplinary records, and body-camera footage related to recent operations involving citizens, children, and protesters. I am further asking you to support legislation requiring mandatory body-worn cameras, strict bans on enforcement actions at schools and protests, and enforceable protections for families and children against ICE seizures and coercive tactics. Please take these steps within the next 30 days and publicly report your actions to constituents. Further injuries, deaths, or child trauma resulting from these practices will be foreseeable and preventable, and Congress will share responsibility if it fails to act. I implore you to act to protect children from federal violence and to defend the First Amendment rights of people who speak out, protest, and oppose government abuse of power.