DHS Watchdog Warns Shutdown Could Imperil Immigration Enforcement Oversight

This past Saturday, a partial government shutdown went into effect around the funding of DHS, which could have an immediate effect on the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdowns.

In response to the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Senate Democrats are demanding reforms for ICE and CBP before they’ll vote to fund, and of course Republicans in both the Senate and the White House are attempting to push back. In the meantime, experts warn that the lack of funding could potentially halt investigations and oversight probes into ICE and CBP crimes, while ICE operations remain fully funded by Trump’s appropriations bill from last year.

It’s a catch-22 for Democrats who want to criminally investigate and do oversight reviews on ICE activity, including visiting detention centers, and the investigation of use of force during ICE operations like “Midway Blitz.” Yet the option to fully fund the DHS without pushing for reform is also heinous. It seems as though the best way to “reform” a broken agency like ICE would be to abolish it altogether.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)