Washington, Jan. 22 -- Representative Brittany Pettersen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill which does not include any guardrails for Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem's disturbing and violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
The vote comes in the wake of the murder of Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, and an escalating pattern of extreme force, family separation, and unlawful detentions by ICE officers across the country.
"This bill gives Donald Trump and Kristi Noem a greenlight to continue ICE operations that are lawless, da...