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Ayanna Pressley: “Congress should not be funding this campaign of terror.”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar Hold a Press Conference in Minneapolis, Renew Calls to Abolish ICE

Published January 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 10:58

This week, the Senate will take up legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which includes an additional $28 billion for ICE. We are calling on all senators, Democrat and Republican, to vote no, because Congress should not be funding this campaign of terror. And we can't stop there. The agents who brutalized and executed our neighbors cannot walk away freely. They must be held accountable for their crime. Crimes. (10:58–11:03)

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Asserts that Congress should not fund what she describes as a "campaign of terror" by ICE.

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