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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) has come out swinging in favor of abolishing ICE and blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), demanding that Democrats use their leverage to do so after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) released a tepid set of demands for a funding vote in the coming days.

In a short video posted to social media on Wednesday evening, Markey said that Democrats “have the power” to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and must use it.

“We cannot and we must not vote to send a single nickel to this lawless organization,” he said, labelling federal agents as “Trump’s secret police.”

“Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it,” Markey went on. “Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this. Not one penny more for the Department of Homeland Security.”

Markey appears to be the first senator to speak out in favor of abolishing ICE........

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