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Democrats' Intraparty Fight Over Whether to 'Abolish' or 'Reform' ICE
Democrats offered conflicting messages about the party’s position on Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday, as a proposal calling for “concrete reforms” to the agency and another calling for its abolition both passed at a Democratic National Committee summer meeting.
TL;DR
- Democrats passed competing proposals regarding ICE at a DNC summer meeting: one for "concrete reforms" and another for abolition.
- DNC Chair Ken Martin clarified that these votes do not set the party's official platform.
- The proposal to abolish ICE calls for legislative action, funding restrictions for DHS, and closure of detention facilities.
- Supporters of abolishing ICE point to the dissolution of its predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, as a precedent.