George Floyd’s Attorney Calls to Amend the Civil Rights Act |
Democrats in Congress and George Floyd’s lawyer are calling for a change to federal law. They wish to amend the Civil Rights Act to allow citizens to more easily sue federal immigration officers.
Since the Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in Minneapolis and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Democrats have called for ICE to be fully defunded. The agency under the Department of Homeland Security is funded through Feb. 13 and has funding for deportation operations through 2028.
However, at an unofficial, bicameral, partisan hearing on Tuesday, Antonio Romanucci, George Floyd’s former attorney now representing Good, called for ICE to be stripped of its qualified immunity, leaving agents vulnerable to frivolous civil lawsuits and possibly preventing them from conducting their deportation assignments.
Immigration officers are federal agents and are granted federal immunity to conduct their operations.
“Anybody who lays a hand on our officers or tries to obstruct or harm them is committing a felony and a federal crime,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Signal.
The hearing was led by the ranking member........