WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led 11 of her Senate colleagues in a new letter (https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251211-Sen-Murray-Letter-to-DHS.pdf) to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noemdemanding answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a number of recent incidents, including in Washington state. In their letter, the lawmakers called out reports of ICE improperly stopping or detaining Tribal citizens for no apparent reason aside from their physical appearance, and urged Secreta...