Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Refuse to Fund ICE Without Reforms
The Sentencing Project joined 400+ civil rights groups calling on Congress to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through budget negotiations. The groups are asking members of Congress to demand that any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security restrains and requires accountability from immigration enforcement agencies.
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The Sentencing Project joined over 400 civil rights organizations urging Congress to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through budget negotiations. The groups are asking members of Congress to demand that any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security restrains and requires accountability from immigration enforcement agencies.
The groups are specifically calling on lawmakers to:
- Refuse to vote for any FY2026 appropriations bill that includes increased funding for ICE or Border Patrol, including funds for detention.
- Refuse to vote for any appropriations bill for DHS beyond January 30 unless it:
- Strengthens restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol’s ability to conduct dragnet arrest operations and target people based on their race, language or accent, place of employment, or location at the time of the apprehension;
- Ends border patrol deployment to our cities and rejects its ever-expanding mandate in immigration enforcement; and
- Limits DHS’s reprogramming and transfer authority, including specifically preventing reprogramming and transferring funds for detention.
Read the full coalition here.
