Tell Congress: Rein In ICE and Use our Tax Dollars for Healthcare and Not Harm

Renee Nicole Good should be alive today, and we are grieving her loss.

She was a mother in Minneapolis whose life was taken by an ICE officer just blocks from where she lived, a parent to her six-year-old, a wife, a poet, and someone known for her kindness. [1]

This tragedy did not happen in isolation. It is the foreseeable result of deliberate policy choices designed to sow fear and division. Granting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security massive funding and unchecked authority, without meaningful oversight, as Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have done; made this tragic outcome not only possible, but predictable.

In recent weeks, human rights abuses in the name of enforcement actions in Minneapolis have sharply escalated, with immigrant communities, particularly Somali families, bearing the brunt. [2] In this context, the administration announced the deployment of roughly 2,000 ICE agents to carry out what it called the “largest immigration operation ever” in the state. [3] This show of force was unnecessary, cruel, and destabilizing.

Quick signature: Tell Congress to exert real oversight, demand a full investigation, including the release of all information, including the body camera footage from federal agents, and to stop cutting our healthcare in order to fund the growing lawlessness of ICE.

[1] ‘Poet, writer, wife, mom’: who was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent?, The Guardian

[2] Minnesota Somali community bears brunt of Trump administration policies, NPR

[3] 2,000 federal agents sent to Minneapolis area to carry out 'largest immigration operation ever,' ICE says, PBS

Dear Member of Congress:

We are mourning the loss of Renee Nicole Good. She was a mother in Minneapolis whose life was taken by an ICE officer just blocks from where she lived.

This tragedy did not happen in isolation. The Administration has already directed $45 billion to ICE to expand immigration detention over the next four years through the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, fueling widespread due process violations, deadlier practices, inhumane conditions, and terrifying communities. Now some Members of Congress are trying to give even more of our tax dollars to ICE in the FY26 funding bill while also arguing that there is not enough money to extend tax credits that help over 20 million families buy health insurance. This is not the priority of America’s moms and families.

Instead of funding lawlessness and cruelty, moms across this country want Congress to invest in what actually keeps communities safe: childcare, healthcare, housing, and access to healthy food.

Our nation needs a safe and orderly immigration process that balances compassion and security, not cuts to healthcare and not cruelty and violence.

We urge you to stop further funding for ICE’s unchecked expansion and to exercise real oversight. Our hard earned dollars should be used to strengthen families - not to finance cruelty.

Sincerely,

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