Dear Friends,

I am outraged by what is happening in Minnesota and across the country.

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were exercising their rights and ICE murdered them. The Administration immediately lied about the events that took place and slandered the victims. 

I have joined Representative Robin Kelly's effort to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem because Secretary Noem must be held accountable for ICE's complete disregard for the law and inhumane treatment of our neighbors.

The Senate will vote on DHS funding this week, and I am urging Senators to vote no. Last week, I delivered remarks on the House Floor on the Department of Homeland Security funding bill.

Below is a full transcript of my remarks, which can also be viewed here:

"I rise in strong opposition to this legislation because I cannot, in good conscience, vote to spend one more cent on ICE. I will not fund an agency that acts like an American Gestapo.

"The Trump Administration has launched a brutal and reckless campaign to strike fear in immigrant communities across the country and ICE is on the front lines, using aggressive and violent tactics that too often end in tragedy.

"I cannot support one more cent for an agency that would recklessly take the life of Renee Good, an innocent and defenseless young woman.

"I cannot support one more cent for masked agents arresting U.S. citizens, pulling people out of their homes, and tearing children away from their parents and stating it is exempt from the Constitutional requirement for search warrants.

"I cannot support one more cent for detention facilities with the highest death rate in decades and that fail to meet the basic medical needs of detainees. No wonder they refuse to allow access to Members of Congress.

"To support one more cent for an agency with such disregard for the rule of law and basic human decency would be a moral outrage.

"Vote no on this legislation."

Sincerely,

JERROLD NADLER

Member of Congress