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CPC Co-Chairs Condemn New Wave of ICE Raids

The Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Reps. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), released the following statement condemning the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's plans for a new wave of forced deportations that would target Central American mothers and children in the upcoming weeks:

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The Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Reps. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), released the following statement condemning the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's plans for a new wave of forced deportations that would target Central American mothers and children in the upcoming weeks:

"I am appalled to learn that the administration is planning to target women and children in yet another round of raids that will send chills through immigrant communities across the country," Rep. Grijalva said. "The people ICE rounds up in these raids are here to flee poverty, violence and oppression in the home countries. What values is this administration espousing by ejecting them back into desperation? My heart breaks for the families that will be thrown into tumult by these raids. Our nation should respond by ensuring these women and children are able to present their asylum claims in court, with full access to counsel and due process protections. My only hope is that the next administration rejects such callous and pointless tactics."

"It is shameful that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in the business of separating mothers and fathers from children, husbands from wives, and brothers from sisters," Rep. Ellison said. "These families fled extreme violence and poverty, and we continue the injustice by deporting them and putting their lives in danger. This is not who we are as a country. The Administration should cancel these raids and ICE should return to deporting dangerous criminals, not families."

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is made up of nearly 100 members standing up for progressive ideals in Washington and throughout the country. Since 1991, the CPC has advocated for progressive policies that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties.

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