{"id":55192,"date":"2026-02-10T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=press&#038;p=55192"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:51:32","slug":"civil-rights-groups-millions-of-members-demand-change-before-congress-funds-dhs","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/press\/civil-rights-groups-millions-of-members-demand-change-before-congress-funds-dhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights Groups: Millions of Members Demand Change Before Congress Funds DHS"},"template":"","class_list":["post-55192","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"On behalf of its millions of members, Common Cause, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Urban League (NUL), the NAACP, and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation sent a letter to congressional leadership demanding no additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security without a massive overhaul of ICE operations that have led to deadly violence nationwide.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":"","related_issues":[2082,2083,129],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"none\">On\u00a0behalf\u00a0of its millions of members,\u00a0Common Cause,\u00a0the League of United Latin American Citizens\u00a0(LULAC), the National Urban League (NUL), the NAACP, and\u00a0the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation\u00a0sent a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DHS-Funding-Demands-Congressional-Letter-2026.02.10-Final.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">letter to\u00a0congressional leadership<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0demanding\u00a0no\u00a0additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security\u00a0without a massive overhaul of ICE operations that have led to deadly violence nationwide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">The groups cite the killing of two U.S. citizens in 2026 \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Nicole Good and Alex Pretti \u2014 by federal immigration enforcement\u00a0in addition to\u00a0at least 53 deaths in immigration detention facilities in 2025. They argue these\u00a0deaths are the foreseeable result of an agency that has expanded rapidly without meaningful guardrails or oversight.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">The call comes as Congress negotiates DHS funding following a short-term extension.\u00a0The advocates\u00a0argue\u00a0temporary legislative fixes do not address the underlying crisis and warn against approving new funds without binding conditions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The groups are calling on congressional leadership to withhold funding for DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless the following conditions are met:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A nationwide\u00a0halt\u00a0on ICE surge operations;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Full cooperation with independent investigations into the killings of\u00a0Renee\u00a0Good and\u00a0Alex\u00a0Pretti and other civil rights violations;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The resignation or removal of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem;\u00a0and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Comprehensive,\u00a0structural reforms to impose enforceable accountability across\u00a0DHS.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Common Cause launched\u00a0multiple\u00a0accountability\u00a0campaigns\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\/videos\/26429594883308925\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">fire Kristi Noem<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/act.commoncause.org\/petitions\/fire-kristi-noem\/?link_id=4&amp;can_id=9251212c5f6a2b9dc4d57cfd913db2b9&amp;source=email-the-peoples-watchdog-newsletter-january-17&amp;email_referrer=email_3077176&amp;email_subject=the-peoples-watchdog-newsletter-january-31&amp;&amp;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">investigate ICE<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0after Border Patrol\u2019s killings in Minnesota.\u00a0Since then,\u00a0the organization has\u00a0taken its people-powered message to the streets of Washington, D.C.,\u00a0with a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press\/d-c-mobile-billboard-demands-trump-fire-kristi-noem\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">mobile billboard<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, backed by thousands of Americans writing to their representatives\u00a0urging\u00a0immediate action\u00a0from Congress.<\/span><span 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