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Demand Congress stop funding the inhumane and lethal tactics of DHS and ICE amidst ongoing investigations.

Reckless disregard for human life is rampant in the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants and their neighbors and supporters.

From Chicago to California, immigrants have been killed during ICE raids and traffic stops. And there have been at least eleven non-fatal shootings by ICE and Border Patrol agents in places around the country, including another two victims in Portland, Oregon.

The killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis are not an isolated tragedies, but part of a disturbing pattern of callous and inhumane disregard of life and law. These deaths, and the shockingly high number of deaths and harm inflicted in ICE detention and raids, require Congress to stop negotiations on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill until careful investigations lead to Congress’ reining in of the reckless tactics of Secretary Noem, ICE Acting Director Lyons, and their underlings.

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention facilities in over 20 years, with 32 deaths in 2025.

Right now, Congress is negotiating government the funding bill. We can stop this if we raise our voices together.

Click here to start writing to send a message to your senators and representative demanding Congress immediately stop funding DHS and ICE’s inhumane and lethal tactics amidst ongoing investigations.

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Meredith Dodson

Posts by Meredith Dodson:

  • What the Public Really Thinks About Basic Needs Programs 
  • CHN Opposes Senate Amendment That Threatens Service Providers and Localities
  • CHN Opposes H.R. 7726 and H.R. 8872, Instead Congress Should Protect and Strengthen Child Care and TANF
  • CHN to the Senate: Oppose Budget Resolution That Paves Way for Additional Funding for ICE and CBP
  • CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
  • CHN Urges the Senate to Rein in Health Costs, Pass a Clean Extension of ACA Tax Credits
  • Pushing Back Against Attacks on Public Education
  • Fighting Back Against Efforts to Gut SNAP, Our Most Effective Anti-Hunger Program
  • CHN to House: Address Rising Health Costs, Oppose the November Spending Package
  • More than 40 million people are left in limbo as administration refuses to fully fund SNAP – CHN and partners speak out
  • CHN to Senators: Oppose the House’s Partisan CR, Work on a Bipartisan Basis to Avert a Shutdown
  • Coalition on Human Needs to Congress: Oppose the Rescissions Package