With 70,000 people in ICE detention, Rep. Delia Ramirez's bill argues that immigration agencies cannot be reformed, only dismantled and rebuilt.

On Tuesday, Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) urged fellow Democrats to support the Melt ICE Act. Unlike those in her party who want to amend Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ramirez’s proposed legislation would essentially end immigrant detention and monitoring under DHS while returning taxpayer dollars to the communities impacted by ICE.

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  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    What are we doing for TWO YEARS?

    I just read that if ICE continues killing people at this accelaration, it’ll be 100 dead by the end of the year.

    Not to speak of people beaten, deported, kept under inhumane conditions, traumatized for life, finances ruined, families ripped apart…

    • gdog05@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 days ago

      The number of murders so far is what they’ve been doing while having a certain number of immigrants to still chase down. As that number of immigrants to chase dwindles, their activity won’t. And the number of citizen resistors and ensuing death will increase accordingly. 100 murders is being very, very conservative I feel.