SCHNEIDER DEMANDS DHS REFORMS, VOTES AGAINST ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

WASHINGTON - Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement after the House voted on Department of Homeland Security appropriations:

"I again voted to refuse giving any additional funds to the Department of Homeland Security until we fully address the abuses of ICE and CBP and hold the bad actors to account.

"Kristi Noem may finally be gone - I have been calling for her resignation or firing for months - but I have no doubt that Trump Administration's chaotic, cruel, and violent immigration enforcement policies will continue unless we stand firm to force desperately needed reforms.

"Under the Trump Administration's leadership, ICE and CBP agents have been absolutely out-of-control. Americans have been gunned down, our communities have been terrorized, and our Constitution has been ignored. The abuse needs to end.

"I will continue to oppose funding for ICE and CBP until there are meaningful reforms that rein in their behavior. Reforms that take masks off these agents and put body cameras on. That end warrantless arrests and stop the targeting of courts, schools, and churches. That demand an independent investigation into every DHS shooting. And that stop the deportation of U.S. citizens.

"Republicans need to come to the table and finally work with Democrats to deliver the much-needed changes at DHS that Americans are desperate for."

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