| | Rep. [[Mark Pocan]] (D-Wis.) introduced H.R. 6361 in the House to abolish [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE), the agency charged with combating human trafficing into the United States. Eight House Democrats signed on as cosponsors: [[Pramila Jayapal]] and [[D. Adam Smith]] of Washington; [[Adriano Espaillat]], [[José Serrano]], [[Nydia Velázquez]], and [[Yvette Clarke]], all from New York; [[Earl Blumenauer]] of Oregon; and [[James McGovern]] of Massachusetts. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), New York City Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], and other Democrats all rallied behind the pro-human trafficking “Abolish ICE” banner. | | Rep. [[Mark Pocan]] (D-Wis.) introduced H.R. 6361 in the House to abolish [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE), the agency charged with combating human trafficing into the United States. Eight House Democrats signed on as cosponsors: [[Pramila Jayapal]] and [[D. Adam Smith]] of Washington; [[Adriano Espaillat]], [[José Serrano]], [[Nydia Velázquez]], and [[Yvette Clarke]], all from New York; [[Earl Blumenauer]] of Oregon; and [[James McGovern]] of Massachusetts. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), New York City Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]], and other Democrats all rallied behind the pro-human trafficking “Abolish ICE” banner. |
| − | Sen. Kamala Harris while running for president insulted the men and women working for ICE, half of which are [[Hispanic]],<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref> to the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref>
| + | Homeland Security Investigations agents made 3,771 criminal arrests relating to child exploitation in the 2019 fiscal year, marking an 18% increase from the previous fiscal year, officials said. Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations, which operates under the umbrella of ICE, increasingly cracked down on child sex exploitation, particularly child sex tourism.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/14/ice-arrested-thousands-of-child-sex-predators/</ref> |
| | After a series of rapes in late Summer 2019 by seven illegal immigrants against local [[Hispanics]] - including child victims - in the D.C. suburb and sanctuary [[Montgomery County, MD|county of Montgomery]], [[Maryland]] (Rockville), the Democrat-controlled County Council attacked critics for reporting facts.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/09/06/pro-sanctuary-maryland-officials-throw-a-tantrum-after-county-becomes-a-den-of-il-n2552717</ref> | | After a series of rapes in late Summer 2019 by seven illegal immigrants against local [[Hispanics]] - including child victims - in the D.C. suburb and sanctuary [[Montgomery County, MD|county of Montgomery]], [[Maryland]] (Rockville), the Democrat-controlled County Council attacked critics for reporting facts.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/09/06/pro-sanctuary-maryland-officials-throw-a-tantrum-after-county-becomes-a-den-of-il-n2552717</ref> |
| | + | Sen. Kamala Harris while running for president insulted the men and women working for ICE, half of which are [[Hispanic]],<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref> to the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref> |