WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the escalating chaos and violence from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers under President Trump and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's leadership. In his remarks, Senator Welch recounted stories of people who have faced ICE's violence and brutality firsthand and called for Congress to candidly assess the impact of the Trump Administration's violent mass deportation policy.
"Homeland Security got $75 billion from Congress-not from votes on our side-but it was really what allowed for this mass round-up of peop...