ON SENATE FLOOR, MURRAY CALLS OUT ABUSES BY ICE AND CBP: 'AMERICANS ARE DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE WILL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS.'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, took to the Senate floor to speak about ICE and CBP's flagrant abuses of Americans' basic constitutional rights-and the imperative for Congress to take action to rein in the agencies. She made clear that while she remains at the table to negotiate key reforms the American people are demanding, she will not support a stopgap funding bill to continue the unacceptable status quo, and she underscored that Republicans and the White House need to work with Democrats to finalize a bill that reins in ICE and CBP.

Senator Murray's remarks, as delivered, are below:

"What we have se...