In January 2026, Ren e Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti, both U.S. citizens, were killed during federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti were not threats to public safety, yet they were shot and killed by federal agents acting under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority. These killings and enforcement actions demonstrate how DHS and ICE are being politicized and weaponized to project federal power through fear, intimidation, and force, rather than through lawful, transparent, and accountable enforcement.

Congress holds the power to fund federal agencies. Providing billions of dollars to DHS and ICE without requiring meaningful reforms, especially in the wake of these killings, sends the wrong message to the public and to federal agencies themselves. Federal funding should never come without clear standards, strong oversight, and real accountability when those standards are violated.

This resolution urges Congress, including Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation, to withhold DHS and ICE funding in any continuing resolution or spending package unless real reforms are enacted. These reforms should include clear and enforceable use-of-force standards, independent review of serious incidents involving federal agents, visible identification requirements for agents during enforcement actions, timely release of body-camera footage following deaths or serious injuries, strengthened civil rights protections within DHS, and a requirement that federal agencies cooperate fully with state and local authorities when incidents involving federal agents occur, including shootings and other serious uses of force.

Please join us in cosponsoring this resolution to hold our federal government accountable to the people it serves.