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Chris Murphy: “ICE is out of control right now. They're killing American…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

'The Illegality Is Just Off The Charts': Chris Murphy Demands Accountability For ICE, Federal Agents

Published January 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:10

Connecticut. Thank you, Mr. President. I appreciate the remarks of my friend from New Jersey. Mine will sound very familiar. Listen, ICE is out of control right now. They're killing American citizens. They're endangering the safety of our cities, in particular Minneapolis, and they're just lawless. This nation was horrified when they saw the video of Alex Preddy exercising his First Amendment rights, gunned down in cold blood. (00:10–00:15)

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“30 people have died in ICE custody and detention in the last year.”
'The Illegality Is Just Off The Charts': Chris Murphy Demands Accountability For ICE, Federal Agents | Uploaded January 28, 2026 | 04:09-04:15
“There are more ICE officers in Minneapolis than there are police officers.”
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“They [immigrants] are very quickly sent out of the country, either to the nation that they came from, where they rightfully fear potential…”
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“I was still denied entry [to a facility in Texas].”
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“The people that show up to this courtroom in San Antonio are immigrants who are complying with the law.”
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“Families are split up.”
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“If you weren't here, one of two things was going to happen. That two year old was going to end up in jail with their parents or they were…”
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“People all across this country are demanding that if we are going to fund the Department of Homeland Security, we only fund a department…”
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“ICE and CBP are fundamentally not trained to do that kind of work [roaming the streets, trying to find people who they believe to be in the…”
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“The practice up until now had been that you had to get a warrant in order to try to lock up somebody who you believe to be here illegally.”
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“The police aren't even doing their job any longer because all they do is respond to problems that are being created by untrained…”
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“I met with two boys, elementary school age boys about 8 years old and 10 years old, that had been locked up for six weeks.”
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“They and their father were going through the legal process of applying for asylum.”
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“These children were alive on the outside, but you could tell they were dead on the inside.”
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“You can enforce the laws of this nation without putting kids through that kind of hell.”
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“Democrats should not settle for less than a Department of Homeland Security that complies with the law.”
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“We can find a way to come together and protect our citizens from an agency that is operating outside the bounds of the law and outside the…”
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