Chairman, I want to express my strong support
for the gentlewoman's amendment. As I said during general debate, the
increases of the bill for ICE's enforcement, detention, and removal
operations are excessive. They support an overly aggressive immigration
enforcement approach that is tearing apart families and communities,
and it is unnecessary for national security or public safety. The cut to ICE operations in support by this amendment would leave
sufficient funding for ICE to carry out its responsibilities humanely
and fairly, and the increases the amendment proposes for the Office of
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Office of the Inspector
General are clearly needed to ensure appropriate oversight of the
Department's activities. I urge my colleagues to support the Jayapal
amendment.
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