Rep. John Garamendi

Don, you're absolutely correct.

Citizens, Americans are really, really concerned and very angry about the way ICE is being used around this nation as a domestic police force.

Even to the point today, ICE is going to investigate fraud.

That's a normal police activity in the communities.

That's a major extension of ICE.

Already, and we have the opportunity here in Congress to do something about this.

The appropriation for ICE ends at the end of this month.

The continuing resolution that extended the funding way back in December terminates at the end of January and the appropriations, the money for ICE will be up.

It gets a little detail along the way, but we have the opportunity if we fight fiercely.

We can then force reforms of ICE.

Some of these are just basic police reforms.

Identification, body cams, training, all of that must be part of any reform.

But I think we can go further here.

I think if we stand together and the Republicans are as fractured as they are, and the vote is close, it may very well be that we have an opportunity to go after the 10 year funding that ICE has as a result of the big ugly bill.

They've got their funding.

Under law, there's nothing we can do in the appropriation to reduce or to hold back that funding.

But we may have the opportunity to write a new law.

That is to change the big ugly funding

mandatory funding for ICE.

I want us to be strong.