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Local and state officials in the Pittsburgh region continue speaking out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics as violent clashes across the nation spark outrage and protest.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously to ask U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, a Republican, and John Fetterman, a Democrat, to reconsider support for a $10 billion federal appropriation in support of ICE, accusing the agency of \u201clawless, cruel and unconstitutional\u201d behavior.<\/p>\n
Later, state Sen. Jay Costa, the chamber\u2019s minority leader who represents a district in Pittsburgh, said he\u2019d soon sponsor a resolution alongside 23 other Democrats that condemns ICE\u2019s use of violent force and reaffirms constitutional protections for \u201ceveryone in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am appalled and dismayed as I watch the ongoing degradation of Americans\u2019 most basic civil rights \u2014 rights guaranteed to us by our Constitution and affirmed time and time again by our courts,\u201d Costa said. \u201cI am proud to add my name to this resolution and recommit to defending the hard-won Constitutional freedoms we cherish so dearly.\u201d <\/p>\n
Fifteen congressional Democratic veterans, including U.S. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Chris Deluzio, cosigned a letter Tuesday calling for ICE to \u201cstand down\u201d after the recent shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the military, when preventable deaths occur, leaders stand down operations to review\/change policies, reassess missions, retrain personnel, and implement stronger safety protocols,\u201d the representatives said. \u201cThe Department of Homeland Security must do no less. Our communities are less safe, and tensions have reached a boiling point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fetterman, a Democratic from Braddock, admonished the deaths of Good and Pretti in a statement late Monday. But, he said, he won\u2019t vote to shut down the government over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want a conversation on the DHS appropriations bill and support stripping it from the minibus,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is unlikely that will happen and our country will suffer another shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n
His vote on the budget resolution, like the ones before it, will diverge from fellow Senate Democrats, who are near unanimously pledging to oppose the last government funding package.<\/p>\n
The vote, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been moved to Thursday at the earliest due to the congressional conflict.<\/p>\n
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