Overview

• Senator John Fetterman declared that ICE “performs an important job” and labeled abolition proposals “100 percent inappropriate and outrageous.”
• He called for amnesty for hardworking, law-abiding migrant workers while urging that criminal offenders be rounded up and deported.
• President Trump publicly praised Fetterman’s stance, saying “he’s right” in echoing support for the immigration enforcement agency.
• Progressive Democrats including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal have condemned his position, deepening an intra-party schism.
• Fetterman’s recent votes for Trump cabinet nominees and a meeting at Mar-a-Lago underscore his growing realignment with Republican enforcement policies.