Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents have fired shots at people on 16 separate occasions since last July. Each time, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the administration declared the shootings “justified” even before an investigation was completed. These are the actions of an administration that believes it doesn’t have to answer to anyone — that believes the people have no choice but to take its baseless lies at face value. DHS must face accountability for this horrific violence. Thankfully, your senators took a pivotal step in blocking additional funding for DHS in the appropriations process this week, pressuring for urgent reform to rein in ICE. With outrage and pressure mounting across the aisle, Congress must act to protect you and your neighbors. |
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- A federal judge in Minnesota released a list of nearly 100 court orders violated by ICE in January alone. He noted that the volume of violations is more than “some federal agencies have ... in their entire existence.”
- The president said that federal agents would employ “more relaxed” tactics following widespread condemnations of the deadly operations in Minnesota. But vague commitments will not cut it. We must keep urging Congress to pass enforceable reform.
- On the ICE memo that gives agents a free pass to skirt the Fourth Amendment: “The idea that the executive branch can unilaterally decide that they don’t need a warrant signed by a judge should be alarming to everyone, no matter their politics,” says POGO’s Don Bell.
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A person is tackled by a federal agent amid protests following a shooting on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) |
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“If Congress were serious about preventing more deaths, disappearances, and brutality from being unleashed on the American public — immigrants and citizens alike — it would claw back the tens of billions of dollars it lavished on ICE and CBP last summer,” writes POGO’s David Janovsky. Read more on pogo.org. |
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Questions unanswered on America’s future in Venezuela |
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(Illustration: Ren Velez / POGO) |
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We are living under an executive branch that has felt emboldened to utilize and justify unauthorized violence, both on American soil and abroad. This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the first time since the airstrikes on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro and his wife. POGO submitted a list of targeted questions to the committee members, urging them to press Rubio on a variety of issues. We applaud Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for questioning Rubio on the administration’s attempt to justify what was a blatant act of war as a “law enforcement operation,” and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) for his questions on joint targeting, two lines of inquiry we pushed for. While we still don’t have all the answers you deserve, we already know there is nothing the administration could say that would make these unsanctioned, unconstitutional acts of war acceptable. We will keep demanding congressional intervention to stop this dangerous abuse of power. |
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- More strikes: Last weekend, the Pentagon carried out another strike on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. In total, 126 people have been killed in vessel strikes since September.
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Stock trading “ban” bill approaches vote |
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The sorry excuse of a congressional stock trading ban that is the Stop Insider Trading Act may be coming to the House floor for a vote as early as next week. As a reminder, this bill is only a ban in name and does not actually stop members of Congress or their dependents from owning stocks, purchasing corporate bonds, or even trading. If you are incensed by this blatant attempt to derail real reform, join our email campaign and urge your representatives to reject this sham bill and pass the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act instead. |
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