For months, ICE agents have been acting with impunity, disrupting our communities, tearing families apart, and operating without meaningful oversight or accountability. Last week in Minneapolis, that lawlessness turned deadly. A woman is dead because federal agents were unleashed without restraint in our neighborhoods. Her name – Renee Nicole Good – deserves to be remembered. Her family deserves answers. And the Trump administration must be held accountable for the chaos and violence they have not only authorized, but actively encouraged. This Is Donald Trump’s AmericaThis horrific loss of life is devastating and never should have happened. My heart is with her family and loved ones, who are now grieving a senseless tragedy that could have been prevented if this administration valued human life over performative cruelty. But this didn’t happen in a vacuum. This is the sad, inevitable result of a deliberate policy choice: to unleash federal immigration agents without rules, without oversight, and without consequences for their abuse. When you tell agents they can operate with impunity, when you remove guardrails and accountability measures, when you encourage aggressive tactics and celebrate cruelty as strength, people die. And now the Trump Administration must fully account for why they continue to put civilians in harm’s way. A Pattern of Escalating AbusesWhat happened last week is the culmination of months of escalating ICE operations conducted with a level of aggression and disregard for civil liberties unprecedented in modern American history. We’ve seen ICE agents conducting raids in schools and hospitals – even releasing tear gas in front of a Chicago elementary school during their so-called ‘Midway Blitz.’ We’ve seen them entering homes without warrants, relying on intimidation and confusion to gain access. We’ve seen them detaining American citizens, including children, based on nothing more than racial profiling. We’ve seen videos of agents in tactical gear storming neighborhoods, like occupying forces, spreading terror through communities, separating parents from children, ignoring pleas for basic dignity and due process. We’ve seen time and time again as the Trump administration celebrates these tactics. And we’ve seen this administration forcibly deny members of Congress, including myself, from visiting detention centers — calling the cops on us, even though it is our Constitutional right to provide this oversight. Congress Must ActBut this is exactly the kind of situation that demands Congressional oversight. The House and Senate have a Constitutional responsibility to investigate abuses by executive branch agencies, to demand accountability, and to use their legislative power to impose constraints when agencies exceed their authority. But the MAGA-controlled Congress has shown zero interest in providing oversight of this administration’s immigration enforcement abuses. They’ve allowed ICE to act without consequence, cheered on aggressive tactics, and ignored mounting evidence of civil rights violations and excessive force. We need representatives who will actually do the job: hold hearings, subpoena documents, demand testimony, and use the power of Congress to rein in an out-of-control agency. We need Senators willing to pass legislation imposing strict use-of-force standards and to create real accountability mechanisms for agents who abuse their authority. It’s why I’ve introduced legislation to restrict the use of force by ICE and to literally unmask them – banning the use of face coverings to enforce identification standards that other forms of law enforcement abide by. It’s also why I’ve called for Secretary Noem to testify before Congress and answer for her department’s actions. What Comes NextI’m running for Senate because I’m tired of watching Republicans in Congress fail to provide meaningful oversight and accountability. I’m tired of seeing the GOP treat immigration enforcement as a political football rather than a serious policy area that requires balancing security concerns with civil liberties and human rights. But I’m especially tired of watching the Trump administration turn ICE into a tool of terror while Republicans in Congress block progress. This isn’t normal. This isn’t acceptable. And it needs to stop. In solidarity, Raja
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
ICE's Reign of Terror
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