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Democrats who called for ICE to be abolished under Trump largely silent as border crisis rages

A handful of high-profile Democrats in the Senate and House previously supported the notion of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — the agency tasked with enforcing immigration law in communities and at the border. Despite their previous calls for ICE to be scrapped, there has been little resistance or pushback from Democrats about ICE enforcement under President Biden as …

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Jayapal sounds the alarm on how Israel-Hamas war is ‘breaking’ the Democratic Party

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., warned in remarks that aired on Sunday that Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza is splintering the Democratic Party’s coalition. “This particular issue on Gaza is breaking our coalition,” Jayapal told CNN correspondent Manu Raju on the steps of the Capitol. “We need that fragile coalition to come back together, but this is a moral …

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