“No one should be killed in their own community by masked agents operating without accountability”
MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY – Today, Cammie Croft, longtime immigration reform advocate and Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th District, issued the following statement in response to ICE agents shooting and killing a Minnesota woman during a raid in Minneapolis.
“A woman lost her life in Minnesota at the hands of ICE agents, and first and foremost, my heart is with her family and loved ones because no one should be killed in their own community by masked agents operating without accountability. ICE shooting and killing a legal observer during a raid underscores how dangerous it is to turn our cities into militarized anti-immigrant zones. In New Jersey, we should be doing the opposite—like shutting down Delaney Hall, rejecting the proposed ICE detention facility in Roxbury, and demanding that ICE and the U.S. military leave our communities. We don’t make people safer by flooding cities with armed agents, often masked, and detention centers. We make people safer by protecting due process, keeping families together, and investing in communities — not terrorizing them,” said Cammie Croft.
ABOUT CAMMIE
Raised in a small railroad town, Cammie Croft was the first in her immediate family to graduate from college and has spent more than two decades in public service. Her Jersey mom–a woman who was raising four kids by the time she was 20–taught Cammie to be a fighter.
Cammie went from being a free-school-lunch kid to working in the Obama White House, helping pass the Affordable Care Act. She fought to expand human rights with Amnesty International and has always worked to ensure government delivers for working families.
Most recently, Cammie built a clean energy nonprofit from the ground up, helping families lower their energy bills nationwide. A mom of three raising her own family in Montclair, Cammie is running for Congress to lower costs and build a stronger, fairer economy for New Jersey families.
“Running for Congress was never part of my plan,” Croft said in a video announcing her campaign. “But I realized that one day my kids will ask me what I did, and when they ask, I need to be able to tell them that I did everything I possibly could.”
Cammie’s work will build on the strong foundation laid by Congresswoman–and now Governor-elect–Mikie Sherrill. Cammie will continue the fight to protect health care, stand up to corruption, and deliver critical investments in infrastructure and education.
For more information, visit CammieforCongress.com