While Conservatives Call on Congress to Hold the Line, Some Senate Republicans Are Questioning ICE Tactics |
Following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, some Republicans are questioning the Trump administration’s methods to follow through on President Donald Trump’s chief campaign promise of mass deportations.
The break in party ranks comes ahead of the Senate’s Friday deadline to fund the government. The funding contains appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. With renewed Democrat opposition to the funding package and a small Republican majority, Senate Republicans will need every Republican vote they can get to avoid a partial government shutdown.
“It’s a jailbreak of RINOs out of the ‘America First’ tent right now on the issue of mass deportation,” Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, told The Daily Signal.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called the tragic death a “killing.” At the same time, she called for an investigation.
“A comprehensive, independent investigation of the shooting must be conducted,” Murkowski said in a statement on X. “In order to rebuild trust and Congressional committees need to hold hearings and do their oversight work. ICE agents do not have carte blanche in carrying out their duties,” she continued.
The tragedy and chaos the country is witnessing in Minneapolis is shocking. The killing yesterday of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen, by ICE agents should raise serious questions within the administration about the adequacy of immigration-enforcement training and the instructions…
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., also called for an........