[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H2104-H2105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE

  (Ms. DeGette of Colorado was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, Federal immigration agents are out of 
control.
  President Trump and Secretary Noem have turned ICE and border patrol 
into masked paramilitary forces that are terrorizing our neighborhoods. 
They are operating outside the law, terrorizing our communities, 
violating court orders, and shooting and killing immigrants and 
American citizens alike.
  I cosponsored Articles of Impeachment against Kristi Noem, and I 
voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security to hold this 
administration accountable.
  ICE must be defunded and dismantled. I am working to take the $75 
billion that Republicans gave to ICE in the big, bad bill and invest 
the money where it belongs, which is in expanded healthcare and 
affordable housing. Every taxpayer dollar is better spent doing 
virtually anything other than funding this brutality.
  Mr. Speaker, I won't stop fighting until the families in Denver and 
across the country are safe from these thugs.

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