Pramila Jayapal Vows to Hold ICE Accountable for Alleged Cruelty
Washington Democrat Pramila Jayapal pledges to investigate ICE’s alleged actions and hold agents accountable for alleged crimes.
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Pramila Jayapal, the Democratic representative from Washington, has vowed to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accountable for alleged acts of cruelty, including kidnapping, detaining, deporting, and killing immigrants. As the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Jayapal has spent months outlining her plans for action should Democrats gain control in the midterms.
ICE’s cruelty lost.
Jayapal has called ICE a ‘rogue militia’ that ‘should not exist the way it exists’ and has stated the agency needs to be ‘completely disbanded.’ She has also held a series of shadow hearings titled ‘Kidnapped and Disappeared,’ examining detention conditions, third-country removals, and enforcement operations.
During a March shadow hearing focused on children, Jayapal said families ‘traumatized’ by enforcement would require ‘some form of reparation’ and that those who ‘inflicted this harm need to be prosecuted’ and ‘brought before us.’ She has also demanded personnel and disciplinary records of federal officers involved in shootings during immigration operations, citing figures of at least 25 people shot and six killed since the start of the administration.
I’ve been notified of another death in ICE custody — the 62nd under this administration.
On November 3, the day before the election, Jayapal posted that she had been notified of the 62nd death in ICE custody under the current administration and that voters had the power ‘to stop this cruelty and hold ICE accountable.’ The figures include people who have died from illness, suicide, and other causes.
Jayapal has previously co-sponsored legislation such as the ‘Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act’ aimed at ending private detention and improving conditions for illegal aliens being detained. Her continued push for reform highlights growing concerns over the treatment of immigrants within the U.S. immigration system.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
