Overview
- Rep. Shri Thanedar said he will introduce an Abolish ICE bill, arguing the agency is beyond reform after the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
- The Congressional Progressive Caucus adopted a stance to oppose new DHS appropriations unless significant limits on immigration enforcement are included.
- Democratic negotiators, led by Sen. Chris Murphy, are pushing requirements such as judicial warrants for interior arrests, visible identification, bans on masks during operations, and keeping Border Patrol at the border.
- House GOP appropriations chair Mark Amodei floated more funding for ICE body cameras as a compromise, but Republicans signaled major policy changes are off the table and Democrats like Sen. Patty Murray rejected added money without broader reforms.
- With a Jan. 30 funding deadline approaching, new polling shows a sharp rise in support for abolishing ICE—46% overall and higher among women—while large majorities favor identifiability and other accountability measures for agents.