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DOJ to Review Synagogue Disruption Targeting Suozzi Over ICE Funding Vote

A civil rights review follows a viral Climate Defiance confrontation at a Roslyn temple over his support for a DHS bill that boosted ICE funding.

Overview

  • Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the Justice Department will examine whether federal law was broken during the synagogue disruption.
  • Activists with Climate Defiance interrupted Rep. Tom Suozzi’s Wednesday night appearance at a Long Island Jewish temple, using props and profane taunts captured in widely viewed video.
  • Protesters focused on Suozzi’s vote for a DHS appropriations bill that included roughly $10 billion more for ICE, a decision he later said he regretted.
  • Comedian and activist Walter Masterson was removed by security as he tried to read names of people he said died in ICE-related incidents, declaring that nine people were killed this month.
  • Suozzi was among a small number of House Democrats who supported the measure, with reports differing on the exact vote count and margin.