"First and most obviously, that agency is running wild in Minneapolis and other cities, pursuing a very deliberate policy of terrorizing immigrant communities and their allies in order to (a) encourage "self-deportation" and (b) titillate Donald Trump's MAGA base. ICE has become the tip of a spear that seems aimed not only at mass deportation of undocumented immigrants,"
"Second, an appropriations package that includes money for ICE (along with the rest of DHS, plus multiple other federal agencies) has become the flash-point in another potential (if partial) government shutdown cliff on January 30, which is when the stopgap spending bill that ended last year's total government shutdown expires. Many Democrats within and beyond Congress want to dramatize their opposition to what ICE is doing by voting against the new money,"
Democrats face two overriding dynamics around ICE. ICE operations in Minneapolis and other cities deliberately terrorize immigrant communities and allies to encourage "self-deportation" and to appeal to the MAGA base, functioning as a spear toward mass deportation and potential military occupation of politically hostile areas. A pending appropriations package that funds ICE and other agencies is a flash point before a January 30 stopgap deadline, leading some Democrats to withhold support despite a special slush fund that sustains ICE activity. The debate exposes a widening split between abolition advocates gaining momentum and reformers pushing limited accountability measures many view as inadequate.
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