SCHNEIDER STATEMENT ON DHS FUNDING VOTE

WASHINGTON - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement on government funding:

"Last month, I voted for five funding bills to ensure our government is working for our people and against giving DHS another penny.

"Today, I again voted against giving another penny to DHS as it continues its reign of terror across our country.

"Our nation is being tested. Two Americans were gunned down by federal officers in Minneapolis. ICE and CBP officers are terrorizing our communities, tearing five-year-olds from their homes and hardworking people from their families. This is not who we are.

"We have to stay focused on the main thing -- and the main thing is protecting our communities and ending the abuses of ICE, CBP, and DHS in general. We need to get ICE and CBP out of our communities. We need to install real measures that hold federal officers accountable for their behavior.

"This Administration, and in particular DHS under Kristi Noem, is undermining our Constitution and tearing up the Bill of Rights, right in front of our eyes.

"Instead of targeting hardened criminals, they are arresting hardworking neighbors, coworkers, and friends. They are arresting journalists-trashing the First Amendment while trying to hide their injustices and criminal actions from exposure. They have targeted, mobbed, and gunned down American citizens in the streets.

"Congress cannot look away. Every single step we take must be focused solely on reforming a Department of Homeland Security that is absolutely out of control.

"I remain laser-focused on legislation that reins in DHS. That gets ICE and CBP out of Minneapolis. That takes masks off these agents and puts body cameras on. That ends warrantless arrests and stops the targeting of courts, schools, and churches. That demands an independent investigation into every DHS shooting. And that stops the deportation of U.S. citizens."

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