“Listening to these families today was heartbreaking and infuriating. … It is a huge issue in the midterm, absolutely. And people will have high expectations if Democrats take control of the House, or the House and Senate, that we're going to do something about it.
Representative • Maine, District 1
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“Secretary Bunch has guided the Smithsonian through a period of unprecedented political interference while remaining committed to scholarship, expertise, and the public trust.
“Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero should be alive today. His family deserves answers, and the people of Biddeford deserve to know how an ICE operation in their community ended in an innocent man’s death.
“If ICE cannot accurately determine a person’s immigration status or circumstance before taking enforcement action, that is a profound failure of competence and accountability that is leading to innocent people, people who are following the law and doing everything asked of them being caught in ICE’s crosshairs. The consequences, as Johan Sebastian’s family painfully knows, can be deadly.
“Why in the world didn't they have the body cameras? There is not justification for that.
“I sense broad, bipartisan feelings on Capitol Hill that this is an outrageous slush fund for the president — almost $2 billion being spent in a completely secret manner with decisions made outside of Congress.