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Thanedar and Krishnamoorthi fume over ICE detentions
The congressmen, along with other Democratic peers, sent a strongly worded letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, outlining their demands.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Thu, 29, Jan 2026
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Representatives Shri Thanedar and Raja Krishnamoorthi / Wikimedia commons
Democratic congressmen, led by Reps. Shri Thanedar and Raja Krishnamoorthi, have written to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, condemning the agency’s plans to convert warehouses across the United States into makeshift immigrant detention centers.
In a letter signed by more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers, the proposal was described as “cruel and dangerous.”
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The letter read, “We strongly resist any expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities and oppose detaining humans in industrial warehouses.”
The lawmakers also alleged that DHS has violated the Trump administration’s claims that it is exclusively targeting the “worst of the worst,” noting that more than 70 percent of detainees have no criminal convictions. They added that “an audit of just one ICE facility in 2025 found 60 violations of federal detention standards,” pushing deaths in ICE custody to a 20-year high.
The lawmakers criticized DHS plans to expand immigration detention into industrial warehouses, citing reports from previously hastily opened detention centers where detainees were denied access to clean water, received inadequate medical attention, and faced life-threatening living conditions.
In addition to urging DHS to halt the proposal, the lawmakers demanded improved conditions at existing ICE detention centers.
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