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Amid growing calls for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one House Democrat is calling for the entire Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be dismantled.

In a social media post on Monday about federal officers’ killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, a Democrat representing part of Chicago, pointed out that DHS’s purpose since its inception in 2002 has been to oppress those in the U.S.

“The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered ‘highly trained,’” Ramirez wrote. “The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”

She cited a NBC article on Good’s killer, Jonathan Ross, which reported that he has worked as an enforcement officer for DHS since 2007 — nearly two decades. She also cited remarks by Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino, the architect of DHS raids in Minneapolis, who said that the officer who killed Pretti was “highly trained” and has served Border Patrol for eight........

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