Dear Representative,
I am writing regarding H.Res.767 and HR-1678. I was trying to learn what you were planning as far as ICE is concerned.
I see that H.Res.767 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that violent attacks against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and officers are unacceptable, must be fully condemned, and that Congress stands in support of ICE’s mission to protect national security, public safety, and the enforcement of immigration law was introduced on 9/26/2025 by Russell Frye. I see it was sent to the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs on the same date.
I also see that HR-1678, Homeland Security Improvement Act was presented on 2/27/2025 by Veronica Escobar. I do see that this act passed the House, Senate, President and became Law.
There is language for committees of people. The goal is to protect the workers, United States citizens, make sure people are properly trained and continually trained, proper files filled out and kept, ways to communicate are specified, how to lodge a complaint, there are words about nonlethal use of force, there is talk about vulnerable populations, talk about cultural and societal differences, de-escalation practices.
“Protecting the civil, constitutional, human, and privacy rights of individuals, with special emphasis on the scope of enforcement authority, including —
(i) chain of evidence practices and document seizure; and
(ii) use of force policies available to agents and officers;…
I have also read the notes from the meeting on January 13, 2026: ICE Under Attack.
Notably the democrats have terrible things to say about ICE. We have seen all the scenarios they have proclaimed on the news, newspapers and social media. When it was the republicans turn, we got to hear about all the atrocities conducted by illegal aliens, many of whom had recently been released from prison and jail sentences for their crimes and had deportation orders on their files.
So I have two concerns:
I have seen what looks like ICE and CBP agents stopping people. Not having warrants. Not asking for identification. Not listening to what people are telling them. I do understand that you can frame a video to be biased. I know that I might not be seeing the entire story. I also know that in places where there are thousands of ICE or CBP or military of any kind, that emotions are going to be high.
It does not look like these federal agents are protecting the civil, constitutional, human and privacy rights of individuals, with special emphasis on the scope of enforcement authority. It looks like people are not receiving due process. I am reading about reports of people, United States citizens and people here, legally that are being detained for unknowable amounts of time, with poor food, medical treatment and no contact with their families or lawyers.
My second concern is that I want to know why, these criminals, when they had completed their terms in jail or prison, where they not immediately deported? Why were they set free on the streets of the United States? This seems like a simple thing to handle. We don’t allow sex offenders to just walk out the door without an action plan, at least not in Washington State.
I am not against deporting criminals. I am not against ICE and CBP doing their job. I am against the fact that it looks like United States citizens and immigrants that are here legally and those trying to do the right thing are being treated like criminals. When people feel like they need to defend themselves, they do things they would not normally do. I am not justifying the abuse of ICE or CBP or our military, but if you treat people like criminals, they sometimes respond like criminals, even if they are not.
What I am asking regarding H.Res.767 for is a REFORM of ICE and CBP. Can these federal employees be trained to do what HR-1678 says they are supposed to do?
By the way I support the impeachment of Kristi Noem. I think she has proven herself as dishonest and I think the Secretary of Homeland Security should be someone that can be trusted.
Sincerely,
Summer D Clemenson
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