Americans are rising up against violent ICE crackdowns on immigrants and dissent. Democrats have the power to force reform through the appropriations process, but some are hesitant. Will they stand up for justice or continue to support brutality? Accountability can't wait.
Nothing the Democrats do with appropriations is going to affect what ICE is doing right now.
If DHS has its funding frozen, do you think the Trump Admin is going to furlough ICE? Fuck no. They didn’t during the last shutdown either. What Trump would more likely do is something like shutter the TSA, canceling all domestic air travel, and blame it on Democrats.
If the Democrats had real leverage here, they should absolutely stop ICE funding, but they don’t have that leverage right now. What they need to be doing is speaking clearly and passionately about the atrocities being committed and call explicitly for the abolition of ICE, but unfortunately they still sound weak as hell as a party.
Nothing the Democrats do with appropriations is going to affect what ICE is doing right now.
If DHS has its funding frozen, do you think the Trump Admin is going to furlough ICE? Fuck no. They didn’t during the last shutdown either. What Trump would more likely do is something like shutter the TSA, canceling all domestic air travel, and blame it on Democrats.
If the Democrats had real leverage here, they should absolutely stop ICE funding, but they don’t have that leverage right now. What they need to be doing is speaking clearly and passionately about the atrocities being committed and call explicitly for the abolition of ICE, but unfortunately they still sound weak as hell as a party.