Democrats Urge Abolition of ICE, Competing Resolution Proposes Reforms

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Democrats Urge Abolition of ICE, Competing Resolution Proposes Reforms
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  1. The Democratic National Committee adopted a resolution Saturday urging congressional Democrats to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alongside a competing measure calling only for reforms to the agency, at the party’s summer meeting in Austin, Texas.

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    The Federalist

    So much for “the establishment.” The DNC Resolutions Committee advanced the motion (25-12) late last week urging “Democratic members of Congress to craft legislation abolishing ICE and enacting immigration reform that provides pathways to citizenship, protects workers, and ensures dignity for all impacted people,” according to Common Dreams, a left-wing nonprofit “news” organization founded by Dem operative Craig Brown.

    Breitbart

    The vote was downplayed by Ken Martin, the chairman of the DNC. “Clearly, the one thing that unites Democrats, regardless of their position on reform versus abolish or whatever other ways to change what’s happening, is people believe that what ICE is doing right now — and CBP and the federal government — should stop,” he told the Associated Press. “There has to be a better way.”

    Washington Times

    “While President Trump and Republicans are securing our border and standing with law enforcement, Democrats want to let dangerous illegal criminals run wild in our communities. This resolution is political suicide, and Democrats will pay for choosing open borders over public safety, border security, and backing the blue.”

  2. In a lame attempt to soften the abolishment proposal, the Resolutions Committee backed a separate advisory resolution calling for “concrete reforms” to ICE.

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    Washington Times

    One resolution would call to abolish ICE, and one would call to reform it. Both were passed out of committee on Thursday, and the resolutions, which were part of a larger package of resolutions, were sent to the full membership and passed unanimously by voice vote.

  3. The committee’s Republican counterparts lambasted the Democrats’ ICE resolutions, calling them dangerous and an abandonment of the rule of law.

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    Washington Times

    Despite the additional passage of the “reform” ICE resolution, the Republican National Committee went after the DNC for also adopting the “abolish” ICE resolution, calling it a resolution to “abolish law enforcement.”

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  1. 01 Washington Examiner

    Democrats have erupted over the Trump administration’s plans to outfit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with gloves that are capable of delivering an electric shock.

  2. 02 Washington Times

    For Democrats, the battle over whether “abolish” ICE or “reform” ICE language highlights the intraparty friction between establishment Democrats and far-left insurgents who have energized many party activists in the base that have become a powerful force in the midterm campaigns.

  3. 03 Breitbart

    A panel of the Democratic National Committee voted on Saturday to defund the agency that enforces the nation’s immigration laws and to end the detention of non-violent migants.

  4. 04 The Federalist

    When the accomplice media tell you that there is such a thing as a “moderate” wing of the Democratic Party, remember what the Democratic National Committee did on August 15, 2026. And remember that November’s midterm elections come down to the sane versus the insane on the ballot.

  5. 05 The Daily Wire

    The abolition measure, known as Resolution 27, cleared the DNC’s Resolutions Committee on Thursday in a 25-12 vote with one abstention before heading to the full membership, Newsweek reported. Both resolutions were bundled into a larger package and approved by the full membership on a unanimous voice vote, according to the Washington Times. The vote is nonbinding and does not change the party platform for 2028.

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Original Articles (6)

Lean Right ICE bought nonlethal shock gloves for officers. Democrats still are not pleased — Washington Examiner
Lean Right DNC passes dueling ICE resolutions as establishment, insurgents clash — Washington Times
Right Democratic Committee Urges Congress to Defund ICE, Free Illegal Migrants — Breitbart
Right Democrats Swamp State Legislatures with 250 Pro-Migrant Bills to Obstruct Trump's Deportation Mandate — Breitbart
Right Yes, Democrats Just Passed A Resolution Seeking To Abolish ICE — The Federalist
Right DNC Formally Adopts Resolution Calling For Abolishing ICE — The Daily Wire