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Witnesses describe violent ICE encounters as lawmaker urges abolition and accountability
Summary
During a congressional hearing Speaker 1 urged abolishing ICE and called for prosecutions after witnesses testified to predawn raids, alleged shootings and family trauma; a named witness told the panel he felt "just fear" as agents pointed lasers at his pregnant fiance9e.
Speaker 1 (Unidentified Speaker) urged the hearing to consider abolishing the immigration enforcement agency known as ICE, saying reform measures like body cameras were insufficient and that the agency "doesn't care about the current laws" it is supposed to follow. "ICE and DHS agents are terrorizing communities," Speaker 1 said, adding that the agencies are "violating constitutional rights" and "harming, even killing people."
The lawmaker framed ICE as an "American creation" with roots in a long history of racialized policing, linking present-day immigration enforcement to slave patrols, segregation enforcement and…
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