Democratic rep calls for limits on 'military authority' of ICE [View all]
Source: The Hill
01/11/26 4:22 PM ET
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said Sunday that Congress should rein in the authority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of an officer from the agency fatally shooting a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis.
“The real question now is can we find enough Republicans to work with us Democrats, to put a check on the military authority of ICE at this point,” Subramanyam told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, Democrats on Capitol Hill and nationwide have called for limits on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
Subramanyam noted Sunday that the GOP-backed tax and budget law enacted over the summer vastly boosted ICE’s budget. The legislation roughly tripled the agency’s annual budget for enforcement and deportations to $29.9 billion, according to the American Immigration Council. “I’d like to see some more bipartisan action to try to make sure we have some checks on ICE and checks on the way they’re approaching communities today,” he added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/5683734-congress-ice-authority-limits/
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