Lawmaker urges abolition of ICE, calls to dismantle DHS

A lawmaker said, "We will melt ICE," and repeatedly called for ending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and dismantling the Department of Homeland Security, declaring that ICE should be defunded and abolished.

The speaker—identified in the transcript only by the label S1 and here described as a lawmaker—said the change should be a priority for Democrats once they "get the gavels back," stating, "As soon as we get the gavels back, we have to dismantle DHS and ICE." The remarks were delivered as a series of declarative statements; the transcript contains no motion, vote, or recorded procedural step tied to those demands.

Advocates for abolishing ICE argue the agency's enforcement practices warrant large-scale institutional change; opponents typically call for targeted reform rather than dissolution. In this transcript, the speaker framed abolition as a party priority, saying, "That should be the answer across the Democratic party," but offered no legislative text, timetable, or procedural details in the recorded remarks.

The transcript includes several verbatim assertions: "I believe ICE should be defunded," "I believe that we should abolish ICE," and "What's your feeling on whether ICE should continue as an institution? It's gotta go." There is no recorded response or rebuttal in the provided segments, and no formal action (motion, referral, or vote) appears in the excerpt.

Because the remarks in the transcript are assertions of policy preference rather than procedural steps, they do not by themselves alter law or agency structure. The statements recorded here reflect the speaker's position and a call for party-level action; the transcript does not show any committee or legislative body taking up or adopting those proposals during these segments.