Ed Markey pushes Democratic leaders to advocate defunding ICE

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The appropriations for DHS, which includes Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are part of a six-bill package lawmakers must vote on by Friday evening to keep multiple federal agencies funded for the remainder of the fiscal year.
52% : Doing so would allow more time for negotiations to take place on ICE reforms, while also preventing an interruption of services by the Transportation Security Agency, Coast Guard, and Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to the New York Times.
49% : In the case of ICE, even if funding is not renewed before the weekend, it can fall back on billions in new funding allocated to the agency in a megabill passed into law last summer.
44% : " Markey is among a host of Senate Democrats who have refused to back funding DHS unless the Trump administration agrees to a number of reforms for ICE, or includes legislative provisions in the appropriations legislation mandating those reforms.
42% : The DHS funding has become a matter of sweeping debate due to the controversy that has enveloped the agency after federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota during ICE-related operations and protests.
41% : Schumer has been in fairly productive talks with the White House about ICE reforms, as a partial government shutdown looms due to stonewalling on DHS funding, according to reports.
38% : "Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans.
31% : We cannot, and we must not vote to send a single nickel to this lawless organization of thugs while Trump's secret police are terrorizing our communities every day," Markey said in a video posted to X. "Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE.

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