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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In the first year of Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has presided over stupendous growth in income and wealth among the very richest Americans, while the poorest workers have lost income and tens of millions of us struggle to afford basics.
As federal immigration enforcement ramps up in communities across the country, health care providers — including those in the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Community — are seeing direct impacts on patients and the care they receive. NHCHC staff spoke with direct care providers in 15 communities across the U.S. about their experiences.
Tax season has arrived! Between now and April 15, you should plan to file your tax year 2025 taxes. Despite what you may have heard, the tax and budget law passed by Trump and congressional Republicans last year did not meaningfully improve tax benefits for most families, and in fact, has made it even harder for families to make ends meet. The real winners from the Big Ugly Law are billionaires and mega-corporations who will be receiving billions in dollars in tax breaks this tax season and in tax seasons to come.
There are clear winners and losers in a wildly inflated ask like this: military contractors win and the American public loses
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Low- and middle-wage workers have suffered from decades of slow and suppressed wage growth. To improve affordability, policymakers can and must raise wages.
CHN sent this letter to every Congressional office on February 6 opposing any additional funding – including another Continuing Resolution (CR) – for ICE and federal immigration enforcement actions until policymakers negotiate substantial reforms to end the harms hitting communities nationwide.
CHN sent this letter to every Senate office on February 5, and sent a similar letter to every House office earlier this week before their vote to pass on H.J.Res 142, urging them to vote no on efforts to deny the people of the District of Columbia the right to determine their own tax policy and manage their own budget..
A broad coalition of labor unions, child welfare advocates, faith groups, anti-violence organizations, and human needs organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate to reject additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration enforcement.
The money fueling ICE’s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.
Editor’s note: CHN sent the letter below to the all members of the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2026. Dear Senator: On behalf of the Coalition on Human Needs, we urge you to prioritize human needs by separating the FY 2026 Homeland Security appropriations bill from the larger appropriations package on…
Instead of giving DHS more funding without meaningful oversight, Congress must do more to rein in DHS — and we urge you to prevent ICE from receiving a single additional dollar to expand a system that is already cruel, dangerous, and profoundly inhumane.