Senator Hassan Statement on Government Funding Legislation

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statement regarding legislation coming before the Senate this week to fund the Department of Homeland Security without measures to rein in ICE:

"Granite Staters and Americans have been clear: ICE's actions under President Trump are not making our communities safer. The horrific videos of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by masked federal agents are undeniable evidence of an agency that urgently needs additional oversight and reform.

"I will vote against proceeding with this week's bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security because ICE needs to significantly change the way it is conducting itself - and Congress should be doing everything it can to make sure that happens.

"It is now on Republicans in the Senate to listen to a majority of the American people - and their own constituents - and work in a bipartisan way to keep the government open and reform ICE. The Senate should vote on the other bipartisan government funding bills, and Speaker Johnson should call House members back to the Capitol to do the same.

"At the same time, we should come together in a bipartisan way to continue work on DHS funding. There are commonsense, straightforward measures that we can take to rein in ICE's outrageous behavior, including ensuring that ICE agents wear body cameras, that people are being provided due process and are not arrested without a warrant, that American citizens are not being detained and targeted by ICE, and that ICE agents meet the basic professional standards that I know New Hampshire's law enforcement officers are proud to uphold every day.

"Our immigration enforcement should be focused on removing violent undocumented criminals and others who pose a serious threat to our communities. President Trump has instead caused a confrontation with local law enforcement in states across the country that is making us less safe, and it needs to stop."

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