
ICE agents are terrorizing communities across America. They are ravaging our communities, brutalizing families, and killing our neighbors on the street in cold blood.
We’ve all seen the videos of ICE shooting and killing Renee Good, a poet and mother who was unarmed and trying to drive away.
Following her tragic death at the hands of law enforcement, Republicans rushed to deny the truth and smear the victim — a tired playbook that the Black community understands all too well.
When I introduced a motion in the Oversight Committee for an independent and thorough investigation into Renee’s murder, Republicans blocked it. The White House followed suit, claiming that ICE agents have full immunity.
What we are dealing with is a rogue government that wants to weaponize law enforcement against its own citizens with zero accountability or oversight. And people are looking to Congress to step up.
Yesterday, I re-introduced my bill to end qualified immunity for federal law enforcement officers, including ICE agents. We need accountability. We need justice. No one is above the law.
This bill is for Renee Good, and so many others.
This bill is for Keith Porter, a proud girl dad, who was killed by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
And people like Nenko Gantchev from Chicago, who died in ICE custody after living in the United States for 30 years.
This bill is for every person in America, citizen or not, to know that when state, local, and federal law enforcement officers break the law, they should be held accountable.
For the families of these victims, and for our country to be truly just, Congress must end qualified immunity. We need to demonstrate that there’s real strength behind this legislation right now, pressure Congressional Republicans to stand with their constituents, and get this passed.
In solidarity,
Ayanna
