“Every Democrat in Congress should be blocking funding for ICE — cut them off, shut it down”
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 the second murder by immigration agents in the streets of south Minneapolis this week.
“This was an execution – we can clearly see that. No one can deny what this has become. This is the second cold-blooded murder we’ve watched Trump’s immigration agents commit this month in the same city. Every Democrat in Congress should be blocking funding for ICE — cut them off, shut it down.
“I cannot believe I have to say this, but no one should ever be killed in their own community by masked agents operating without accountability. We must get ICE agents using militarized, anonymous tactics out of our towns, including here in New Jersey, before more lives are lost. 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