'Squad' Democrat slammed by Trump admin for most 'radical' plan targeting ICE yet

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is publicly feuding with Illinois Representative Delia Ramirez, a Democrat aligned with the House's progressive "Squad," after she introduced legislation aimed at eliminating ICE and overhauling most of DHS's current operations. Mullin dismissed the effort as coming from "radical leftists" who want to defund police and abolish his department, insisting it would never happen and pointing to the 270,000 people who work at DHS as protectors of the public. He accused Ramirez of favoring undocumented immigrants over American citizens, according to Fox News.

The DHS spokesperson added that Ramirez ought to be commending law enforcement for taking dangerous criminals off the streets in her district instead of criticizing them, and blamed rhetoric such as hers for helping drive a jump in assaults on agents of more than 1,300%. The department also pointed to a series of criminal cases involving immigrants taken into custody in Ramirez's home state, including a Bulgarian national, Rumen Georgriev, convicted of rape with a weapon; a Somali national, Abdukadir Haji, convicted of sexual assault and rape; and a Cuban national, Samuel Reyes-Silva, convicted of robbery and homicide.

The bill she has introduced, called the Reimagining Safety Act, envisions dismantling DHS entirely and standing up a new "Department of Community Safety" in its place. It stands as one of the most sweeping challenges yet from within Congress to the current federal immigration enforcement structure under the Trump administration.

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