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John,
When I was in Iraq, I led Marines into combat through streets where people were shooting at us. I never wore a mask.
Accountability matters when you carry a weapon, enforce authority, and wear your country’s flag on your shoulder.
Yet here at home, ICE agents are allowed to raid neighborhoods, detain families, violate rights, and hide their faces, all while operating with near-total legal immunity.
That is not law enforcement. It's lawlessness.
This week, I introduced legislation to change it.
It’s called the National Oversight and Enforcement of Misconduct Act — the NOEM Act — and it does something ICE agents never expected Washington to have the courage to do: it allows victims of constitutional violations by federal immigration officers to sue those officers in federal court, just as they can sue state and local police.
Right now, if an ICE officer violates someone’s Fourth or Fifth Amendment rights — even an American citizen — victims have almost no path to justice. That ends if the NOEM Act becomes law.
This is a narrow, targeted reform with huge implications. It does not duplicate broad proposals; it closes the loophole ICE has been abusing in our towns and cities, the gap where misconduct is most rampant and accountability is most absent.
ICE is not above the Constitution. And if they break the law, they should answer for it in court.
My entire career has been about challenging systems where the powerful escape accountability. I do not wait for permission to fix what is broken.
But passing this bill will require political courage and strength. We need a Senate willing to demand accountability for federal agents who abuse their power.
If you agree that our government should answer to the Constitution, not escape it, I’m asking you to help build the movement behind this fight.
Chip in $25 today to help me take this fight to the Senate:
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When law enforcement violates the law, America does not get safer. We get weaker. The NOEM Act is a step toward restoring accountability and a government worthy of the people it serves.
Thank you for being in this fight with me.
— Seth
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