Chairman. as Congress passes the Homeland Security Department Authorization bill. I must register my deep concems with the recent operations of one branch ot the Homeland Security Department. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). I have very serious reservations with the immigration raids on local communities in my District--both the manner in which they were conducted and their lasting effects on our community. No one. especially our children. should have to live in tear. Nor should they have to live in ignorance of their basic rights in this country. I have been working closely with local organizations and officials trying to convince ICE to mitigate its heavyhanded tactics and the ways they hurt our local immigrant communities. For instance. since ICE agents have been announcing themselves as "police." local governments are still struggling to regain the trust that they had worked for years to develop in order to combat crime in their jurisdictions. The responses from ICE officials regarding their policies and proceduresand their lack of concern for the ramifications their actions have on children and families in my communityare troubling. As one example of the way these actions are terrorizing our communities.
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