Overview
- The DNC Resolutions Committee voted during its summer meeting to advance two advisory measures—one urging Congress to craft legislation to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and another calling for concrete reforms to the agency.
- Committee members approved the abolition measure after a recorded roll call that outlets reported as either 25–12 or 27–12, while the reform measure also passed as part of the same package.
- The committee actions are advisory and have no legal force; final party platform language will be set at the 2028 convention and individual Democrats and Congress will decide any legislative steps.
- Louisiana DNC committeewoman Michele Johnson introduced the abolition resolution and DNC Chair Ken Martin stressed the votes were nonbinding while urging changes to ICE and CBP practices; recent fatal encounters involving ICE agents helped drive renewed scrutiny of enforcement.
- Republican leaders immediately criticized the moves as dangerous political messaging, right‑leaning outlets emphasized the abolition framing and the debate highlights a wider split in Democratic coverage and strategy ahead of upcoming elections.