[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                       COMMUNITIES DESERVE SAFETY

  (Ms. OMAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, instead of holding ICE accountable for their 
horrific behavior, including their violent occupation of American 
cities like Minneapolis, Republicans voted on giving ICE billions of 
dollars to terrorize our communities. It is beyond shameful.
  ICE operates with no meaningful oversight and continues to act with 
impunity, even as it carries out violent operations that have cost 
lives.
  I am sick and tired of seeing Republicans reward a rogue agency that 
inflicts harm on our communities. Congressional Republicans greenlit 
sending $400 million more to ICE detention and $370 million more to ICE 
enforcement. This is on top of the unprecedented $170 billion the 
agency received in Trump's big, ugly bill.
  ICE has tormented our communities. Let's be clear: What we are 
witnessing from ICE is not law enforcement. It is State-sanctioned 
violence. A woman was killed by ICE.
  Mr. Speaker, our communities deserve safety and justice, not 
militarized crackdowns and murder.

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