Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) hosted a Special Order Hour on the House floor to call attention to the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration overreach and emphasize the urgent need for accountability.
Members spoke out against the administration’s latest violent enforcement actions, highlighting the human toll of aggressive ICE operations on immigrant communities nationwide. The event also highlighted CPC’s recently announced slate of immigration accountability bills aimed at combating abuses and restoring fairness in our immigration system, and showcased CHC’s ongoing work to protect immigrant families and communities.
“The Trump administration has turned immigration enforcement into a weapon of fear and it is long past time for Congress to put an end to this terror. In my own district, this administration has sent ICE to target Somalis and it is doing so with the clear intent to intimidate and destabilize our community,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar, Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair. “We cannot normalize raids, indefinite detention, and deportations without due process in place of policy. I am proud to stand with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus to push for accountability and build a system that treats immigrants with dignity.”
"The violence and terror happening in our communities is not an accident, nor is it new. DHS is not rogue. From its establishment, DHS has always been empowered to violate our rights under the pretense of securing our safety. But nothing DHS is doing is making us safer. And Americans are done," said Rep. Delia Ramirez. "True security cannot be realized through oppression, dehumanization, and criminalization. As Members of Congress, we must actively build, through policies, a future grounded in our human rights and in a commitment to due process, the rule of law, and the Constitution. We must resist the fear that would tell us we must surrender our rights and forfeit our values in order to protect the little we have when we deserve so much more."
“Back in New York City, my community is being terrorized – we are hearing from folks every day. Just recently, a video surfaced from 26 Federal Plaza in New York City that showed a distraught woman violently shoved to the ground by an ICE officer as her child watched. The woman was unarmed, non-violent, and posed no threat,” said Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “The American people are seeing the reality of this enforcement: fear, brutality, and injustice. They will not stand for it, and neither should we.”
The Congressional Progressive Caucus remains steadfast in its commitment to defending immigrant rights and holding the administration accountable for actions that undermine justice, safety, and dignity for all communities.
The members who spoke on the House Floor included Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), Rep. Morgan McGarvey (KY-03), Rep. Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Rep. Luz Rivas (CA-29), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (CA-07), Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-52), Rep. Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), Rep. Norma Torres (CA-35), Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (CA-34).