Demand Congressional Action to Stop Unconstitutional ICE Operations

I am writing to demand immediate action to stop the unconstitutional ICE operations currently targeting American citizens and residents across the country. Recent incidents demonstrate a complete disregard for the Fourth Amendment protections that apply to everyone within our borders. ICE agents have kicked down doors of every apartment in a Chicago building, detaining everyone inside without proper warrants. In Minneapolis last Thursday, ICE arrested two United States citizens working at Target, both wearing employee vests for cart collection. When one employee attempted to produce his passport proving citizenship, ICE refused to look at it. Vice President Vance has publicly stated that ICE will be "going door to door" in immigrant roundups, a clear violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures of persons, houses, papers, and effects. The violence has escalated beyond property violations. Renee Good exercised her First Amendment right to protest ICE operations in her neighborhood and lost her life. Citizens demonstrating against these operations are being told they must "submit" or "comply" with ICE orders or risk being beaten, arrested, or killed. According to statements from administration officials, ICE agents are authorized to shoot to kill if they feel threatened by something as minor as a car moving less than two miles per hour. If ICE can storm homes and businesses based solely on suspicion, detaining people based on skin color or accented speech, then no citizen's home is safe. This represents a breakdown from rule of law to rule by executive whim. When the government can ignore constitutional protections for one group, those protections cease to exist for anyone. Congress has the constitutional authority and responsibility to provide oversight and defund unconstitutional enforcement actions. I urge you to take immediate legislative action to halt these operations, investigate these violations, and hold those responsible accountable. Our constitutional republic depends on it.