On Tuesday, Colorado US Senator Michael Bennet announced his plan to create legislation to impose new guardrails and accountability measures for the Department of Homeland Security, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE and Customs and Border Patrol. In a press release, the Senator said, quote, "President Trump has unleashed his federal forces on American cities with no accountability and no regard for the rule of law."
The legislation would prohibit the use of Department of Homeland Security funding to detain children, strengthen protection for minors, require warrants to enter homes, uphold constitutional protections for detainees, enhance standards and requirements for federal immigration agents, make sure members of Congress have access to detention centers without advanced notice, and limit the Department of Homeland Security's ability to unilaterally expand detention centers.
Senator Bennet will hold statewide listening sessions about immigration policy priorities. He continues to call on Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to resign.
