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Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett called for the elimination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a Monday interview with theGrio, as she campaigns for the Texas Senate.
A January 2025 University of Houston Hobby School poll found that 60% of Texans backed the mass deportations of most illegal immigrants. Crockett argued that immigration enforcement must exist — but said ICE, as currently structured, is beyond repair.
“We know that ICE was referred to as INS before. And so I think that just like we went from INS to ICE, we have to do immigration enforcement. That is a basic, okay? We do,” Crockett said. “We have laws for a reason. So we need to enforce our laws. Absolutely. Do I think that what ICE is right now makes sense for anyone, whether they are here with legal status, not here with any status, or a U.S. citizen? I don’t. I absolutely don’t.”
“They are against their own policies. They are against the law. And so I just don’t know how you clean this up … I think that we need to scrap it,” she added. “And we need to come up with something that actually meets not only the moment, but meets the definition of what they are supposed to be doing. I don’t know how you fix this, but I think that we start at the top. And I signed on to impeach [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, And that’s where we start. We start by getting rid of her. And then we can work our way down.”
Crockett was also pressed during a Jan. 24 debate on whether she would “support abolishing or defunding ICE.”
“We absolutely have to clean house,” she said. “Whatever that looks like, I am willing to do it.”
Democrats have pushed for reforms that would limit ICE enforcement operations as they negotiate a spending package that includes DHS funding.
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