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Functions i.c.e. is doing on both of those tracks? >> i think the important thing about this, the functions of immigration enforcement existed before i.c.e. was an agency. i. i.c.e. was created after 9/11 very suddenly and imbued with a lot of power and money and no accountability. the enforcement functions of immigration law still need to continue to exist, but i think the idea that we have to relook at i.c.e. and actually, you know, eliminate the agency as it stands, not necessarily all of the...

Posted it on my twitter account -- that said they are deeply concerned about this zero tolerance policy because its taking necessary resources away from things they should be doing and so as we recraft these enforcement functions, we need to think about the most serious threats and immigration has always been fact against myth, its been used as a political football. thats what donald trump is trying to do is scare people into thinking immigrants are the cause of all the crimes, all of the unempl...

It has no accountability. no transparency. it takes the hundreds of millions of dollars that the federal government gives to i.c.e. and it actually contracts out to private, for-profit contractors who have no accountability to the standards that are supposed to be maintained, to all of the conditions that we as congress set. so the position that we have been holding is we need a redo of where these enforcement functions lie. and we need to build into any new structure the ability for i.c.e. as a...

>> thats a good point. as a democrat, i can tell you i dont think we need to abolish i.c.e. in the last couple of years, especially under a trump administration, it has to become a deportation port. we are not going to abolish it completely. lets have a conversation where the resources should be implemented.bo >> laura: lets talk, matt, what is happening with members of congress.d. there is a congressman who was at this big protest yesterday on capitol hill. they took over the heart senate offic...

Either. >> do you believe, congresswoman, that i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement agency should be abolished? we are hearing from more democrats that are specifically calling for that. >> well, i have been working on immigration issues for 20 years. enforcement functions which need to be here in a country as ours, we have immigration laws, they need to be enforced, but those functions dont need to be an agency thats become a rogue agency that literally has no accountability to congress ...