John,

Over the weekend, we saw cell phone footage of immigration agents murdering Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was trying to protect someone being assaulted by ICE.

If this is what they’re doing in broad daylight while being recorded, imagine what’s occurring behind closed doors in ICE detention.

Back in August, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s office compiled a report that found 501 credible reports of human rights abuses in detention centers going back to January 2025. Some of the abuses include mistreatment of pregnant women and children, physical and sexual abuse, lack of medical attention, and unsanitary conditions.¹

This is what our tax dollars are funding, and now ICE wants more. The U.S. Senate is voting on government funding bills this week, including funding for the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and Customs and Border Protection.

We cannot continue to fund Donald Trump’s ICE terror campaign.

Send a message to your Senators telling them to vote on the DHS funding bill separately from other government funding bills and reject any new funding for DHS and ICE.

2025 was the deadliest year in ICE custody in more than 20 years, and at least six people have already died in detention centers in 2026.² If these trends continue, it’s estimated that we could see more than 100 deaths in ICE detention this year.³

The Senate must do what is the only moral thing to do: vote NO on additional DHS and ICE funding amidst ICE’s ongoing terror campaign. Continuing to give DHS more money is only feeding the beast.

Immigration agents are executing people in the street in cold blood, storming into people’s homes, traumatizing children, and shamelessly lying about it. When will it stop?

Send a message to the Senate demanding they reject increased funding for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.

Thank you for all you do,

Dominique Espinoza
Policy and Strategic Partnerships Manager, CHN Action

¹ ‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
² Deaths mount as Trump immigration push intensifies
³ In 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rate

-- DEBORAH'S EMAIL --

John,

Over the weekend, federal immigration officers executed another person in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti. Pretti is the third person shot and the second person killed by immigration officers this year in the city.

ICE and Customs and Border Protection are paramilitary forces that have descended on Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota to create chaos and sow fear in immigrant communities. Neighbors who stand up to keep their communities safe are assaulted and―in the cases of Alex Pretti and Renee Good―recklessly slain.

All of this is being funded with our tax dollars. In the Big Brutal Bill that passed over the summer, congressional Republicans voted to supercharge ICE’s budget with tens of billions of dollars in funding.¹

The Senate is voting this week on appropriations bills to keep the government operating. While a vote to increase funding for the Department of Homeland Security narrowly passed the House, it has not yet been voted on in the Senate.

Our demands are clear: We call on Congress to withhold any and all votes on DHS funding until the White House commits to removing ICE and CBP forces from our communities and Congress completes a full investigation into enforcement actions, use of force, and civil rights violations.

We demand that the Department of Homeland Security funding bill be separated from all other government funding measures, and that negotiators reject any increase in DHS funding―including for ICE and Customs and Border Protection―and instead roll back the tens of billions of dollars handed to ICE in last year’s Big Brutal Bill.²

Not another dollar for lawless, violent attacks on our communities.

Finally, we insist that any policy provisions included must meet a single standard: they must actually stop the violence and abuse. Measures that merely manage or legitimize harm―such as body-worn cameras, training requirements, quotas, or cosmetic reforms―do not meet this moment and must be rejected.

Send a direct message to the Senate and demand they stop DHS from endangering us. Demand they split off the DHS funding bill and reject increased funding for DHS, ICE, and CBP.

For the last year, this administration has been shredding our constitutional protections. According to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press, ICE is advising agents that they can enter homes with an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant signed by a judge.³ This flies in the face of the Fourth Amendment, which protects residents from unlawful searches and seizures. And, they’re using battering rams to enter peoples’ homes illegally.⁴

The rights of the most vulnerable in our society are being trampled and violated. But as we’re seeing on the streets of Minneapolis and across the nation, no one is safe. Under this administration, we have seen ICE and other immigration officers engage in xenophobia and racially profile people―including detaining U.S. citizens. Giving this agency more money and more power would be unconscionable.

Send a message to the Senate ahead of this week’s vote demanding that they refuse to increase funding to DHS and ICE now.

Thank you for all you do,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, CHN Action

¹ Amidst ICE and CBP’s brutal violence, Congress is planning to give them even more money
² CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
³ Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
⁴ How officers used new ICE memo to forcefully enter a Minneapolis home