Senator Wiener Calls For Accountability For ICE Officer Who Shot and Killed Minnesota Woman, and for Abolishing and Replacing ICE

SAN FRANCISCO – An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in broad daylight in Minnesota.

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who called for ICE to be abolished in 2018 and again last year, issued the following statement in response:

“A masked ICE agent just shot and killed a woman who posed no threat to him or to others. The President and Department of Homeland Security are working overtime to try and justify killing an innocent civilian, calling her a ‘domestic terrorist.’ But make no mistake, this killing by ICE is not justifiable. The video is clear, and no amount of lies can obscure this truth.

“We can’t let them get away with this. 

“This brazen lawlessness is exactly why I passed a law to ban federal law enforcement from wearing ski masks. It’s why I’m fighting right now to strengthen California’s civil rights laws so people can sue federal officers who violate their constitutional rights — under current law, they can’t.

“This ICE agent and any officials who violate the law must be held accountable. In California, we are leading the way because no one is above the law. We need to get Trump and his thugs out of power as soon as possible to end this lawlessness. And we need to abolish and replace ICE with an agency committed to democracy, the constitution, and the rule of law.”

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