A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (2/8):

Background:  The next No Kings protest has a date – March 28 – and groups are already planning their rallies (1).  Sen. Collins is touting her role in curbing ICE excesses in Maine, but vulnerable populations are still justifiably on edge (2).  Now we read that ICE and CBP are using their cameras to film not only their targets, but also protesters, and that the visual images thus obtained are probably being fed into a vast data base of images that could be used to target us law abiding citizens who protest any authoritarian takeover. (3) This policy initiative is being overseen by Roman Jankowski, formerly of Project 2025 infamy (4), and now DHS’s chief privacy officer. (5) As reference (3) clearly describes, the use of facial recognition technology is extremely prone to error and has no business being used in settings like our legal public expression of our first amendment rights, our protest of ICE brutality, or our voting spaces. 

A few Senators (Markey, Wyden et al) have responded to this threat, with the introduction of a bill informally titled “ICE out of our faces” (6). Unfortunately, neither of Maine’s senators is a cosponsor – yet.  One of the Senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon, has also documented publicly that he has received disturbing information about classified CIA activities (7).  We do not know what he is referring to – it’s classified – but it coincides with the efforts of DHS to build a facial recognition data base of legal protesters, as well as with Tulsi Gabbard’s participation in the raid on Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 election archives. (8)

Regardless of these hamfisted attempts to deprive us of our first and fourth amendment rights, (as well as our right to vote without intimidation) it is vitally important that we show up at protests and at the polls.  Here are resources you can use to keep yourself safe. https://www.nokings.org/kyr.  Here is a video on how to film ICE, or any other potentially illegal search and seizure that violates Amendment #4, or in fact any other agents who are abusing civil liberties and rights. https://www.wired.com/video/watch/how-to-film-ice. Those frog-besuited protesters in Oregon had the right idea.  Until the ICE and CBP goons are prevented from wearing masks and filming us, show up in costume!  And always stay peaceful, never give them an excuse for violence.

Actions:   Ask Maine Senators

• to cosponsor the “Ice Out of Our Faces” Act; 
• to join in ALL the Democrats’ demands to reform ICE before any budget for DHS is approved; and
• to filibuster the MEGA (“Make Elections Great Act”) which is the old SAVE act in a new dress (10)

Extra Credit:

(1) https://www.nokings.org  https://www.activatemaine.com/calendar

(2) for example, see https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/02/05/effects-linger-fear-remains-one-week-after-apparent-end-of-large-scale-ice-operation-in-maine/

(3) https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-ice-dhs-mobile-fortify-face-recognition-verify-identity/  

(4) The section in Project 2025 that he probably had a hand in writing is Section 5, Department of Homeland Security, pp. 133-169.  You may be able to read this section as well as the entire “Mandate for Leadership” at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/  Worthwhile bookmarking or downloading for future reference.

(5) More on Jankowski here:

• https://www.dhs.gov/person/roman-jankowski  
• https://www.propublica.org/article/have-government-employees-mentioned-climate-change-voting-or-gender-identity-the-heritage-foundation-wants-to-know   
• https://prospect.org/2025/05/01/2025-05-01-public-records-wreckers/

(6) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/ice-out-of-our-faces-act-would-ban-ice-and-cbp-use-of-facial-recognition/

(7) https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-5-2026  

(8) Also, Gabbard oversees the CIA, which is prohibited from domestic spying, but that doesn’t seem to prevent her from engaging in wacky conspiracy theories that Venezuela, China and Italy were somehow involved in Trump’s 2020 election loss, an overseas connection that could give her a foot in the door to mess up our midterm elections.  Cf: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2020s-most-insane-conspiracy-theory-italygate-returns

(9) https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/

(10) https://cha.house.gov/press-releases?id=460DC098-9C01-4F60-8BA5-E795D1501893  Read the list of measures!  Ugh!

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (2/4):

Background:  Right now, the balance in the State House in Augusta is 74 Democrats – 72 Republicans – 3 Independents. How on earth did that happen?  This is WAY too close for comfort!  If they gain parity, or heaven forbid take the majority, the Republicans will torpedo all the bills we care about. 

There is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24.  Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House.  His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate that would hamstring Democratic efforts in Augusta.  (She’s a blonde of the type that Trump obviously likes, and that’s absolutely what the people of Lewiston DON’T need “representing” them in Augusta.)  

Find out more about Scott here: https://harrimanforhouse.com/  and here: https://mainebeacon.com/scott-harriman-secures-democratic-nomination-in-lewiston-house-special-election/

Actions:  You can help by 

• sending a donation up to $500 to: 
  https://secure.actblue.com/donate/scott-harriman-1

• joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21.  Sign up here:
  https://www.mobilize.us/mainedems/event/877498/

• joining a phone bank on a Monday evening 2/9, 2/1, or 2/23.  Sign up here:https://www.mobilize.us/mainedems/event/886901/ 

Urgency:  Obvious!  Help elect the Democrat and keep Maine sane.  

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (2/3):

Background:  If you have studied Christian Nationalism for years, you would already know it is a threat to democracy and our way of life. (1)   It is the philosophical underpinning of Project 2025 (2) and indeed has its origins way, way back (11th-13th century) in the Crusades (3) and the brutal Spanish Inquisition (4).  If you thought the Enlightenment had abolished once and for all the backward ideology of Christian Nationalism, you are sadly mistaken. Like a science fiction monster, it is “undead” and actively threatens the freedoms of all civilized Americans (5).  As Steven Weinberg famously said, “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil – that takes religion.”

Action:  Be informed.  Take this threat seriously.  Here’s a meeting to consider attending:

Extra Credit:

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_nationalism_in_the_United_States

(2) https://kettering.org/project-2025-the-blueprint-for-christian-nationalist-regime-change/

(3) Google AI search on “Can the crusades be an example of Christian Nationalism?”

(4) Google AI search on “Can the Spanish Inquisition be an example of Christian Nationalism?”

(5) https://forward.com/culture/672745/christian-nationalist-guide-influence-trump-election/  (Some names here you have never heard of.)  See alsohttps://www.americanprogress.org/article/christian-nationalism-is-single-biggest-threat-to-americas-religious-freedom/

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/31):

Tuesday brings a bill that imposes an additional fine on certain convicted sex offenders, in order to boost a pool of funding for victims.  It seems like a pittance considering the damage.

Wednesday we see a bill to create a statewide health info exchange.  The obvious question is, what, if any, are the built-in safeguards to prevent exploitation of the information (by scammers, marketers, insurance companies, certain branches of the federal government, and others).  One of the goals is to “meet the State’s matching fund requirements to obtain federal funding”.  Pardon me, but… what are the federal strings attached?  The bill’s writeup doesn’t say.  This may be a good thing from a medical care standpoint, we just want to be sure there are safeguards.

Also on Wednesday is a small allocation of funds for helping trafficking victims, to replace loss of federal funds.  Amazing how ICE can get Congress to fund their depredations, while states have to scrape the barrel to help trafficking victims.

Thursday we learn that harvesting seaweed requires a license, and the license holders should be required to take a course sanctioned or created by the Dept. of Marine Resources.  Seems like a good idea to protect the resource: hopefully the fee for small-scale harvesters is affordable.  Also on Thursday, a bill that looks like a comprehensive regulation of aquaculture nursery operations.  Could be important for our coastal communities, seems to increase flexibility?

Also on Thursday: a bill to keep communicable diseases out of schools and provide support for life-threatening allergies, and another bill to give grants to public preschools so they can provide kids with nutritious breakfast, lunch, and a snack.  Let’s see where the “compassionate conservatives” land on these bills. 

And finally Thursday brings a concept draft to life.  The current title of LD 307 is “Resolve, to Establish the Maine Artificial Intelligence Data Center Coordination Council”.  The Council would be under the Department of Energy Resources, with a charge “to provide strategic input, facilitate coordinated state planning considerations and evaluate policy tools to address artificial intelligence data center opportunities and related benefits and risks to the State.”  This is none too soon.  See for example https://grist.org/energy/data-centers-are-facing-an-image-problem-the-tech-industry-is-spending-millions-to-rebrand-them/

• Check complete bill listing here: https://legislature.maine.gov/Calendar/#PHWS.  Set the date range in the upper left corner.  This listing also shows work sessions if you want to weigh in on any of those.
• Find the text of any bill here: https://legislature.maine.gov Or click through on the calendar, on the bill number, which is a link.  Then read the pdf or the word version (link in upper left area).  Form your own opinions!
• Instructions for testifying are here:  https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/31):

Background: To quote Thom Hartmann: “Trump has officially begun his corruption of the 2026 election, raiding the warehouse in Georgia where the 2020 election ballots were being stored by the state. He and his lickspittles know they’re facing an overwhelming defeat this November unless they can figure out multiple ways to rig the elections. Orbán and Putin have both used their equivalents of gerrymandering, destroying the free press, and voter purges to stay in power, and Trump has been following their examples (and even hung Putin’s picture in the White House this week). When conspiracy nut, former cult member, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard showed up in Atlanta to participate in the seizure of these materials, election integrity folks from across the country went on high alert. Something really dark is afoot; keep an eye on this.” (1). You may have seen the absolutely nutty rationale that Trump posted a few days ago (2).  Asha Rangappa has done a deep dive on it based on her national security and FBI expertise (3).  

Expect considerable legal pushback. Responding to a lawsuit by the Democratic Party and others challenging a Trump executive order requiring additional proof of citizenship in order to vote (essentially his effort to implement the SAVE act by executive order), a Washington DC judge ruled that the Constitution’s separation of powers leaves “no role at all to the President” when it comes to establishing the rules that govern federal elections. “Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”(4) Expect the DOJ to appeal the ruling, all the way to the Supreme Court.  But even if all the rulings go against him, Trump is likely to ignore them because he has immunity, don’t’cha know. “All of this underscores the fact that the fight ahead will be long and hard. The threat to free and fair elections is the challenge of our generation, and no one court decision will solve every problem.”(4)

Action:  Are you up to “the challenge of our generation”?  Will you be part of the solution, or do you plan to sit on the sidelines? No?  Well, here are things you can do, on an ongoing basis, between now and November:

            1. Work with your Town Democratic Committee to be an active canvasser before and after the primary election.  See recent Action 203 to find out who to contact.  If you are new to canvassing, watch for training opportunities.  Ask the Hancock County Dems to arrange a training session for new canvassers. https://hancockdems.org/contact-us/  There is no substitute for personal contacts with your neighbors.  You will find it both interesting and empowering.

            2. Sign up to be an election worker in your town.  If your town registrar doesn’t have any need for additional assistance, then volunteer with the League of Women Voters.  Here’s the website: https://www.lwvme.org

            3. Contact our Senators to voice objections to any form of the SAVE act.  You may have thought we had killed it last year (5), but it passed the House and may arise like a zombie in the Senate.  Like whatever Gabbard, Patel et al are attempting in Georgia, a dormant bill like this can be very sneaky.  Shine a light!  Inform yourself and write a letter to the editor. 

Extra Credit:

(1) https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-13126-trumps-new

(2) https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-targets-obama-newsom-alex-113502069.html  Scroll down to paragraph labeled “The SCIF” which was posted on X but apparently has been removed.   Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italygate

(3) https://asharangappa.substack.com/p/if-youve-lost-the-plot-were-on-page

(4) behind a paywall:  https://member.democracydocket.com/a-crucial-victory-in-the-fight-for-free-and-fair-elections

(5) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/all-actions?overview=closed#tabs  See also many past Action Items about the SAVE act.

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/31):

Background:  There’s been a lot of discouragement in recent years with the Democratic party, and it’s not without justification. “Conservadems” just haven’t risen to the occasion. They don’t seem to understand the urgency of what we all see, that our representative democracy, based in the constitution and the rule of law, is under vicious and effective attack from would-be fascists and plutocrats. 

It’s silly just to sit back and complain.  It is past time for us to rise up and defend the principles that the Democratic Party supposedly stands for.  That’s where you and I come in.  It’s literally up to us to energize and remake the party from the ground up, starting here at home.

In Maine that is relatively easy to do.  The state’s population is only about 1.4 million.  40 states have more people than we do, and far more backward-thinking people.  78% of us (i.e. 1.1 million Mainers) are voters, split roughly 33% Democratic, 33% unenrolled, 29% Republican, and 4% other party.  With the right priorities, and effectively communicating them, our Maine Democrats should be able to gather in a significant portion of the unenrolled, and even a few upstanding Republicans who have become disgusted with their party.  The simple truth is, at the current moment, the stronger our party becomes, the better for the country.  This is why realistic reformers like Graham Platner are running as Democrats rather than third party candidates.  The midterms are coming, the national situation is dire, and we need all hands on deck.

Action:  

1. On the local level, support – or take a leadership role in organizing – your local Democratic Committee.  If you are in Hancock County and you don’t know who to contact, a good place to start is the person sending you these action items.  Or, send an email to the Municipal Committee Coordinator (Joyce Schelling) c/o secretary@hancockdems.org

Municipal leaders are now holding monthly meetings to share and develop strategies.

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/26):

I usually try to list hearings for the upcoming week on Sunday, but yesterday we were driving back from New Brunswick, Canada (Brrrr!), so this week’s edition is late.  Also, note only HEARINGS are listed.  There are follow-up work sessions that you can often tune in to, and you can always contact your legislator about any bill any time, even after they have voted and you want to praise or condemn their vote.  

Check complete bill listing here: https://legislature.maine.gov/Calendar/#PHWS.  
            
Find the text of any bill here: https://legislature.maine.gov.  Form your own opinions!        

Instructions for testifying are here:  https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/

LD 2150 is a bill introduced by Sen. Grohoski.  It has quite a few cosponsors, mostly Democrats plus one Independent and one Republican.  Its purpose is to deal with protests/protestors, protecting individual rights while addressing safety concerns.  The bill requires “state entities” to state reasons why a “person” is denied access to state property or services. One of the “whereas” clauses is telling: “Whereas, the number of protests held on state properties and the need for services provided by state agencies are anticipated to increase in 2026 and coming years”… (you betcha!) The public hearing testimony might tell us more about the problems the legislation seeks to address.

LD 2106 is an important bill that would prohibit a specific group of entities (public schools, state postsecondary educational institutions, health care facilities, child care facilities, family child care providers and public libraries) from giving voluntary consent to ICE enforcers to enter nonpublic areas of their facilities unless there is a valid judicial warrant (just like the Fourth Amendment intended).  And they are allowed to challenge the validity of the supposed warrant. (1)  Plus, the Attorney General is charged with developing, by January 1 2027, guidance for these entities so that they “remain safe and accessible to all state residents regardless of immigration status.” 

There are three bills to address the needs of teen agers: LD 2008, another Grohoski bill, supports tuition, room and board for kids attending the Maine School of Science and Math; LD 2065 provides funds for constructing a psychiatric facility for at-risk youth; and LD 2109 essentially says that kids attending a private school can have tuition reimbursed only if that school is located in Maine.

(1) Learn how to tell the difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant.  See for example https://x.com/NILC/status/1149755946081538049 

Find your State Representative: 
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By district: Here

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A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/26):

Background:  The Senate votes this week on giving even more money to ICE.  King will probably vote against the extra funding.  Pingree voted against it in the house.  Collins of course isn’t saying how she will vote. Golden already voted for increased funding – he’s hopeless and we are glad he’s not running again, but there are still many months left in his term, which won’t expire until January 3, 2027.

We are informed that funding for DHS can be stripped out of the Continuing Resolution Bill and voted down separately, so voting NO does NOT automatically mean another government shutdown.

Action:  Call Collins today – and maybe every day until the vote is recorded.   Send just four words: “DO NOT FUND ICE.”  Multiply your effectiveness by asking 10 friends to do likewise. 

The judgment of history is relentless.  It would do no harm and possibly some good to send a letter to the editor to the effect that Jared Golden’s vote in favor of extra funding for ICE, and his previous vote in favor of the SAVE act (a disenfranchising bill which may be resurfacing), will brand him forever in the history books as unworthy of his party and its values.

Contact:
Senator Susan Collins   
Email: www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins/form      
DC: (202) 224-2523 
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417

 

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/18):

Well, the legislature is in full action mode, and “mischief, thou art afoot”. (1) Many hearings this week, but of course none on MLKing Day, still a federal holiday despite Trump (2). Reading through the list and checking many of the bill summaries, one can conclude that the majority of the bills have few sponsors, many are carryovers, and are not particularly controversial or widely consequential. With some exceptions.

Tuesday has a hearing on an 8-page bill that was originally a concept draft with a completely different title. If you ever encounter a concept draft, when you go to the page that has the bill text, you can often find the new text in the right-hand column linked in a box below “Documents” and above “Testimony”. That is the case for LD 838. The bill now deals with establishing a Maine Clean Energy Authority. The summary reads: “This amendment establishes the Maine Clean Energy Authority, a public entity designed to oversee the development, financing, planning and coordination for the buildout of energy and transmission infrastructure within State borders. By replacing the financing of energy and transmission infrastructure buildout with low-cost revenue bonds, the Authority could drive significant savings for ratepayers and create high- quality union jobs for Mainers on these necessary projects. The Authority is governed by a 7-member Board of Directors with its main function being to run competitive solicitations for electric infrastructure and energy project development financed by a revolving loan fund, and requiring strong labor standards to ensure high-quality, union jobs on the projects it finances including prevailing wage and apprenticeship utilization.” Sounds good to me! Expect rotten tomatoes from the utilities.

Wednesday morning is the hearing on LD 1383, which we mentioned last week (3). The legislative summary reads: “This bill prohibits the State from investing public funds or entering into procurement contracts with companies, entities, persons or financial institutions that operate in, directly benefit from or are associated with perpetrator states, countries or governing bodies that have been determined by independent and credible international bodies to have committed the crime of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, genocide or a war crime. The bill directs the Office of the Treasurer of State to create a commission to monitor human rights reports to identify potential perpetrator states, countries or governing bodies and to report the activities and findings regarding compliance with the provisions of this bill annually to the Governor and the Legislature. The bill creates exceptions for humanitarian aid and allows for a waiver related to an investment, procurement or divestment by the Governor in cases of significant harm to the residents of this State or that undermine national security interests.” The state is given a year to comply.

Wednesday also has a hearing on LD 1059, held over from the last session, sponsored by one Republican. This bill seems totally unnecessary: an attempt to define how Maine will participate in a mythical “constitutional convention” which has been bandied about in right wing circles for years but has not moved into the realm of reality – yet. A premature waste of time, IMO. But remain alert on this subject.

Also Wednesday: LD 2000, an act to update (upend?) certain campaign finance law provisions, has one sponsor, a Democrat. It’s not obvious why this is needed as an emergency measure, we can seek clarification by listening to the testimony at the public hearing, usually available online in real time.

LD 2042, an act to eliminate municipal public notices in newspapers, was discussed in an editorial by Dan MacLeod in the BDN this past weekend. It’s widely available to read on a Google search, e.g.. https://observer-me.com/2026/01/17/opinion/how-the-current-public-notices-system-pr. This is important to our newspapers, our contractors, and our elderly who still read newspapers to find out what their town is up to.

Re: LD 1054, one wonders, of course, why we are regulating the ability of Native Americans to serve native food in native restaurants. But IMO the bill may need to be clearer about harvesting large quantities of game and selling it from the parking lot of an eating establishment. Potential loophole?

Thursday brings a hearing on LD 2052, the use of technology in the public-school classroom, focusing on (among other things) “gamification, leader boards, push notification alerts, advertising, geolocation, generative and conversational artificial intelligence, use of free online tools and use of unlicensed educational websites or online tools that are not certified as safe for schools…” Good idea – what about unregulated propaganda in home/private schooling?

Thursday also has a hearing on LD 517, which was originally a concept draft, but now has a new title and text dealing with the use of AI in political advertising. Requires notice on the images. For a wonderful clip that clearly has AI roots, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS0wFiWpU4U

 Check complete bill listing here: https://legislature.maine.gov/Calendar/#PHWS.
 Find the text of any bill here: https://legislature.maine.gov Form your own opinions!  

 Instructions for testifying are here: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/

(1) Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, acknowledging that he has unleased chaos and civil unrest.

(2) While paying lip service to King’s legacy, Trump removed the date from free access to national parks, replacing it with his own birthday.

(3) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p76fraeYK2kqbkbt-spAKIKiO_NHN-PrhwqVuIcm7nQ/edit?tab=t.0),

 

A message from the Hancock Country Democrats (1/16):

Background: Even though the “big ugly bill” passed, the (somewhat tortured) process calls for subsequent votes on certain types of appropriations. It just so happens that a huge flood of new ICE money is up for a vote this month. “An appropriations package moving through Congress – which Democrats have helped negotiate – would give ICE money to expand its detention beds, even above the levels provided in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which gave the president tens of billions of dollars to supercharge his militarized mass-deportation campaign. Appropriations bills are subject to the Senate filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. That means Trump is counting on a number of Senate Democrats, at least seven, to help pass this bill and give ICE extra cash to further ramp up its immigration raids, which are being carried out by masked secret police. The deadline to pass the appropriations package and avoid a government shutdown is January 30.(1). ICE is heading for Maine, for reasons you understand (2). Governor Mills is resisting (3), while Golden is telling us to “avoid spreading unsubstantiated gossip or fear.” (4) What would constitute “substantiated” in his mind – a letter to him from Ice Barbie saying when and where they plan to raid? Was he one of the Democrats who “helped negotiate”? One hopes not!

Action: Ask Senator King to filibuster the ICE appropriation. Collins doesn’t have what it takes. Does he? Would Mills if she was in the Senate? Would Graham Platner? Others?

Contact:

Senator Angus King             
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292 

Urgency: today preferred

Extra Credit:

(1) https://zeteo.com/p/will-democrats-vote-to-give-trump

(2)https://newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?action=social&chash=de7f47e09c8e05e6021ababdf6bc58e7.2585&s=5722871251abd03288fb1995cfa03a31

(3) see her radio address on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2478691905862021

(4) Golden’s Weekly Update, received in in-box January 17.

Action 198–Addendum.

A reader writes:
“You might want to add this:

Committee Members: United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

[NOTE: Susan Collins is the Chair]
.https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about/members.

Committee Members: Homeland Security Subcommittee | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

.https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/homeland-security.

From Jess Craven, Chop Wood, Carry Water. [sample script]

I’m calling to urge the Senator to filibuster the upcoming Homeland Security appropriations bill unless [choose one or more from the following]

There are significant changes to how ICE operates, so they aren’t behaving like lawless thugs

ICE’s funding bump from the One Big Beautiful Bill is erased and returned to last year’s levels of $10B annually (down from the larger $37.5B)

ICE is completely defunded and operations are paused until the agency can be vetted/reformed

ICE is shut down entirely

I’m sick of watching lawful citizens and noncitizens being arrested at their jobs, assaulted at peaceful protests, pulled out of their vehicles, blinded by munitions, and getting shot and killed. It’s un-American. We need qualified, well-trained officers to enforce only immigration law — not rogue, unidentified agents detaining, assaulting, shooting, and murdering people. Congress needs to step up and use its power in the Constitution to rein in ICE.

Thanks for listening and please do the right thing. Your voters are watching, I promise.”