The World's leading human rights group has an urgent message for U.S. lawmakers: "Today's fatal shooting by U.S. Border Patrol agents on the streets of Minneapolis is the latest devastating reminder that ICE and Customs and Border Patrol are not making our communities safer. Instead, they are operating with impunity, using deadly force in broad daylight, terrorizing neighborhoods, and tearing young children from their families.
"This killing is not an isolated incident. It is part of a broader pattern in which ICE, with its paramilitary-style operations, has been unleashed to carry out violent and abusive enforcement and detention practices with little oversight or accountability. From deadly street operations to the torture, neglect and other abuses documented in immigrant detention facilities, ICE has repeatedly violated human rights while facing virtually no consequences. In fact, the House voted Thursday to increase its funding by billions of dollars.
"How many more people must die before U.S. leaders act? At a moment when lives are being taken and communities are demanding answers, Congress must stop looking away. The U.S. Senate faces an urgent choice in the coming days: continue pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into a lawless agency that endangers lives with impunity or take meaningful action to rein in ICE and stop funding its abuses. "
Los Angeles was the test run. Now Trump is taking his violent playbook nationwide, searching for any excuse to deploy federal force. California, stay safe, support yourself and neighbors and report any abuse by ICE/CBP to: oag.ca.gov/ReportMisconduct
-- Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) Jan 24, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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