Yesterday, 206 Democrats voted to defund the
Department of Homeland Security.
Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged his members to halt
funding to law enforcement officers who are arresting heinous criminals:
- Minority
Whip and Massachusetts Rep.Katherine Clark: “Today is about
the fact that we have a mass paramilitary force terrorizing our
communities."
- Democrat
Caucus Chair and California Rep. Pete Aguilar: “ICE has aggressively
targeted American citizens and law-abiding immigrant families.”
- California Rep. Mike Levin: "I will not
support funding that enables ICE to operate... that is why I voted
no."
- Connecticut
Rep. Rosa
DeLauro: “ICE has operated with brutality, terrorizing
our constituents, abducting our neighbors, and violently assaulting
lawful residents...”
- Florida Rep. Lois Frankel: “Across the country
ICE is no longer about public safety. It has become a campaign of
cruelty and fear.”
- Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar: “There is no way to
reform it…we must abolish ICE.”
- Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar: “Beyond shameful…
it is state-sanctioned violence.”
- Washington Rep. Adam Smith: "In the current
situation I do not support funding ICE...”
Democrats are showing
Americans once again the great lengths they will go to undermine the rule of
law and defund law enforcement.
