US House lawmaker to introduce bill to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement

WASHINGTON

US Rep. Shri Thanedar said Wednesday he will introduce a bill to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

"We must reform ICE, but it looks at this stage, folks, ICE is beyond reform. ICE is totally out of control, and this week I intend to introduce a bill to abolish ICE. We need to make ICE go away," the lawmaker from the state of Michigan told reporters.

His announcement came after an American woman and mother, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, was fatally shot last week in the state of Minnesota by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, sparking widespread public and political backlash and demands for investigations at the local, state and federal levels.

Thanedar, separately, said in a statement that he "fully" supports the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Noem "has lied to Congress and to the American people. Under her leadership, ICE agents have wreaked havoc on communities across this country. She has disgraced our democracy," he said.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly, along with 70 House Democrats, moved three articles of impeachment Wednesday, targeting Noem.