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House appropriators debate ICE raids, surveillance and civil‑liberties safeguards after widespread testimony of courthouse and church arrests
Summary
House Appropriations members debated immigration enforcement tactics during the Homeland Security markup, pressing DHS to explain arrests at churches and courthouses and voting to require a department briefing on enforcement at houses of worship.
Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security spent large portions of the markup challenging recent immigration enforcement tactics and seeking safeguards to protect civil liberties and access to courts and houses of worship.
What happened: Several Democrats urged limits on ICE arrests in places of worship and in courthouses and pressed for restored funding and capacity at oversight offices, including the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). The committee adopted a measure (as amended) that urges ICE to exercise restraint at houses of worship and approved a separate second‑degree change requiring DHS to brief the committee on policies and evaluations related to enforcement at sacred sites.
Why it matters: Members described instances in which masked enforcement agents arrested…
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