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Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., compared U.S. enforcement of immigration law to “terrorism” during a Saturday town hall and promised to dismantle the chief U.S. immigration<\/a> enforcement agency if Democrats regained power.<\/p>\n

“The frank terrorism that is being invoked \u2013 when we call that out and stand together, I think people will continue to not want to do that work,” Dexter told an audience<\/a> at Wy’east Middle School in Oregon.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not supposed to get political, but if there\u2019s a change in political will, then we can absolutely dismantle and abolish ICE altogether,” Dexter said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n

Dexter, a freshman progressive lawmaker, is one of many Democrats who have called for reforms to the agency in the wake of public unrest in Minnesota over President Donald Trump’s<\/a> immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

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When two civilians in Minneapolis were shot and killed<\/a> in separate confrontations with immigration officials in January, Dexter was among the first lawmakers who promised to vote against any spending legislation for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)<\/a> that didn\u2019t also include major reforms to ICE, which operates under DHS.<\/p>\n

Although the vast majority of Democrats eventually adopted Dexter\u2019s stance over DHS funding, the idea first began as a position held by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and was championed by members like Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gridlock over DHS funding has led to a partial government shutdown which began on Feb. 14, when Democrats in the Senate also refused to advance DHS funding over a set of 10 reforms to ICE.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among those demands, Democrats want to impose new operational limits<\/a> to the agency, such as an end to roaming patrols, a ban on masks, a requirement for visible identification and stiffer warrant requirements for detaining illegal aliens in public.<\/p>\n

Those changes would represent the most direct intervention into the agency\u2019s operation since its creation in 2003.<\/p>\n

Republicans have rebuffed<\/a> those demands, arguing they would severely limit the administration\u2019s immigration goals.<\/p>\n

Dexter\u2019s office<\/a> did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday about the nature of her comments \u2014 including whether she had made a campaign promise at a town hall or who had funded the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-dem-compares-trumps-illegal-immigration-crackdown-terrorism-abolish-ice <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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