Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have released a list of actions that Congressional Democrats are demanding of ICE on Wednesday, among which is the demand that funds not be used to carry out enforcement operations near polling places and other sensitive locations.
Schumer wrote, “SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE. Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country. Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed. We must rein in ICE.”
The 10-point list of demands covers policies, funding, and actions used and taken by immigration agents across the country. In regards to “sensitive locations,” the list states that leaders want to “prohibit funds from being used to conduct enforcement near sensitive locations, including medical facilities, schools, child-care facilities, churches, polling places, courts, etc.”
The inclusion of polling places among the list raised eyebrows among lawmakers, who questioned why this would be an issue if people who are not citizens of the United States are prohibited from voting in elections.
Senator Katie Boyd Brit wrote, “Democrats just admitted they think illegal aliens need to be protected at polling places. Why exactly would illegal aliens be at polling places? We MUST fully fund DHS AND pass the SAVE America Act.”
