Washington, Jan. 20 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:
Ahead of a House vote later this week, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced his opposition to the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that provides new funding for ICE but does not include reforms to hold the agency accountable for their abuses of power.
"Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have transformed ICE into their own secret police force, accountable to no one," said Larson. "They have sent armed, masked agents to snatch mothers from their children here in Connecticut, overseen the tear gassing of kids in Chicago, and even defended the execution of an American citizen in Minneapolis - baselessly castigating Renee Nicole Good as a 'domestic terrorist...