Immigrant rights groups lambasted the Department of Homeland Security on its 20th anniversary Wednesday, demanding that the very Congress that voted to create the federal organization shut it down and “defund hate.”
More than a dozen organizations posted calls on social media ordering lawmakers to shrink the budgets of or wipe out DHS, particularly its agencies that enforce immigration and border laws that Congress has passed.
— Homeland Security March 1, 2023 Other organizations, many of which work together, promoted the anniversary as a national"day of action," with events planned in states such as Georgia. “On the 20 year anniversary of @DHSgov, we’re calling for budget cuts to @ICEgov and @CBP, the immigration enforcement arms of DHS. It’s time to invest in REAL community needs. #DefundHate #CommunitiesNotCages #DHS20,” Defend Watch Network tweeted Wednesday.
“Since its creation 20 yrs ago, DHS has targeted immigrants + communities of color by using $1.4 TRILLION in taxpayer dollars that could have been used to care for our communities. @POTUS, cut funding for @ICEgov and @CBP + close immigration detention centers! #DefundHate #DHS20,” SBCC tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
Last November, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report outlining 15 major reforms DHS should make because"the department should no longer exist in its current state." DHS did not take any of the recommended actions.
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