Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., led a group of progressive Democrats on Monday in demanding that President Biden’s administration end contracts between federal immigration enforcement agencies and state and local detention facilites.
A letter spearheaded by Omar on Monday urged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice to “rein in a system of detention built on a disproven myth that immigrants fail to appear in court.”
Omar was joined by fellow “Squad” members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.. alongside other progressive Democrats. Twenty-three House Democrats in all signed the letter.
In a press release issued Monday, Omar said the government “must truly sever the financial incentives” that are “causing the expansion” of an “abuse-ridden system of mass incarceration.”
“Phasing out DHS contracts with localities for immigration detention is a much-needed step toward restoring basic humanity to our immigration system,” she said.
A Muslim demanding? Get out of the country.