Following Deadly ICE Shootings, Larson Demands Justice and Immediate Resignation of Secretary Markwayne Mullin

Washington, D.C. - Today, following the killings of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement demanding justice and calling for the immediate resignation of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin.

"I am horrified by the scenes out of Maine and Texas, where Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo were killed by ICE agents in broad daylight," said Larson. "With a president who empowers agents to act with impunity and a Republican Congress all too eager to hand ICE billions of dollars, their deaths were avoidable and shamefully predictable. I send my deepest condolences to their loved ones and am committed to doing everything I can to demand justice. ICE has been transformed into Donald Trump's personal army - executing our fellow Americans in the streets, tearing children out of their mothers' arms, and terrorizing our communities with Gestapo tactics. Limiting vehicle stops is no solution for this madness. ICE needs to be dismantled. I voted against the creation of this rogue agency and fought back when they came after our neighbors in Newington, Southington, East Hartford, and West Hartford. Enough is enough. Accountability for these failures of leadership starts at the top - that is why I filed articles of impeachment against President Trump, and why Secretary Markwayne Mullin should immediately resign."

Last year, Rep. Larson was put on a "watch list" by the Trump Department of Homeland Security for his forceful advocacy against the President's anti-immigrant policies tearing apart Connecticut communities. He recently voted against the Republican immigration bill that handed another $70 billion to ICE and the Border Patrol, with no guardrails, oversight, or accountability.