Progressive lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., demanded ICE be abolished on Sunday, calling the immigration agency “racist” and “rogue” after the Minneapolis shooting.
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Rep.AyannaPressley,D-Mass.,amemberoftheprogressive“Squad,”calledforImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)tobeabolishedonSunday,sayingtheagencywas“racist”and“rogue.”
“TheactionsofICE—theyareunconstitutional,unlawful,theyarecruel,”PressleysaidonMSNOW.“Theyarerogue,theyareracist,andtheyareterrorizingcommunities.”
PressleycalledthefatalshootingofReneeNicoleGoodinMinneapolis“horrificandunacceptable.”GoodwaskilledinaconfrontationwithICEagentsafterfederalauthoritiessaidsheattemptedtorunoveroneoftheofficers.WhiletheTrumpadministrationisstandingfirmlybehindtheofficerwhoshotGood,manyDemocratsareclaimingthekillingwasunjustified.
“Thisharmdoesnotdiscriminate.Itiscomingforeveryone,”shesaid.“AndthatisexactlywhyICEmustbestopped,becau
